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Redwood Mine

Past Producer in Franklin City (City) 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082543
MRDS ID W055387
Record type Site
Current site name Redwood Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.79727, 37.00424 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 1.4 MILES SE OF REDWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Franklin City (City)

Comments on the location information

  • OFF THE SE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 814 APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES BY ROAD SW OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH SR 876. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1982)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1985 ASSAY BY IRON KING ASSAY, INC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.6 OZ AG/TON FROM CONTINUATION OF QUARTZ VEIN TO SW.

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Lynchburg
    Rock description Lynchburg
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.79727, 37.00424
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK WEATHERED INTO SAPROLITE AND PLASTIC RED TO REDDISH-ORANGE CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Preston, Donald

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS FILLED IN AND ONLY QUARTZ FRAGMENTS PRESENT ON THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT SHAFT AND 3 TUNNELS CUT INTO A QUARTZ VEIN; TUNNELS FILLED IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRESTON, A.H., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S
Deposit PROPERTY (SOLD TO LAVENDERS IN OCT. 1905) "KNOWN AS GOLD MINE." PROPERTY ACROSS SR 814 (SOLD TO E.C. PRESTON IN DEC. 1945) DESCRIBED AS BEING NEAR THE OLD GOLD MINE SCHOOL HOUSE.

Reporter information

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

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