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Lost Dutchman Mine

Occurrence in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082529
MRDS ID W055372
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Dutchman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.4464, 37.602 (WGS84)
Elevation 123

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1985 FIRE ASSAY BY IRON KING ASSAY, INC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.001 OZ AU/TON AND 0.01 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic
    Rock description Chopawamsic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.4464, 37.602
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1849

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1985, SEVERAL SMALL CUTS IN HILLSIDE N OF JOSHUA CREEK

Comments on development

  • SHAFT PRESENT BEFORE 1849, WHEN IT WAS BLOWN UP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILKENSON, E., 1984, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 31, NO.4, P-41-52.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.R., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE DILLWYN QUADRANGLE, VDMR, RI-10, 77P.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA-INTERPRETATIONS AND PROBLEMS IN CONTRIBUTION TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY III, VDMR PUBLICATION 7, P.115-149.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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