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Stockton Tunnel Mine

Past Producer in Fluvanna county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079844
MRDS ID W030587
Record type Site
Current site name Stockton Tunnel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.22111, 37.86116 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position 1.35 MI (2.17 KM) NW OF WILMINGTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fluvanna(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rivanna(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fluvanna

Comments on the location information

  • OFF WEST SIDE OF LONG ISLAND CREEK, 0.55 MI (0.88 KM) NE OF JUNCTION OF STATE ROADS 625 AND 678.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation;Arvonia Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation;Arvonia Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.22111, 37.86116
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Long Island Syncline, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADJACENT TO ARVONIA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1861

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Commodore R. F. Stockton
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. M. Kenny

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 30-60 M (100-200 FT) LONG WAS DRIVEN INTO HILLSIDE. IN 1974 TWO WATER-FILLED SHAFTS (?), SIX CAVED PITS AND DUMPS WERE EVIDENT.

Comments on development

  • COMMODORE STOCKTON WORKED AREA AROUND 1850-1890.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, J.W., MILICI, R.C., GREENBERG, S.S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MIN. RES.: LOCATED MINE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL COMMODORE R.F. STOCKTON; OPENED TWO VEINS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR
Deposit LENTICULAR QUARTZ CONCRETIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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