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Massachusetts Mine

Past Producer in Goochland 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106156
MRDS ID W030609
Record type Site
Current site name Massachusetts Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.09971, 37.85005 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fluvanna(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caledonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Willis(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Goochland

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTEDLY WITHIN 0.5 MI (0.8 KM) OF THE TELLURIUM MINE; MAY BE IN FLUVANNA CO.

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Arvonia Formation
    Rock description Arvonia Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.09971, 37.85005
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tellurium Gold Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK BY TELLURIUM GOLD MINING CO. WAS 20 M (65 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED BY THE TELLURIUM GOLD MINING CO. AT AN UNSNOWN TIME. HOWEVER, THIS COMPANY OPERATED THE TELLURIUM MINE A HALF MILE AWAY FROM 1935 TO 1937, SO IT IS PROBABLE THE MASSACHUSETTS MINE WAS OPERATED AT OR ABOUT THE SAME TIME. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF ONE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    THE FREE LANCE, 1887, A TRIP THROUGH THE GOLD BELT OF VIRGINIA: FREDERICKSBURG, VA., V. 3, NO. 86.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS, PART 4: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 47, NO. 10, P. 587-596.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.; UNABLE TO LOCATE.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL TELLURIUM GOLD MINING CO., SUNK SHAFT

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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