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Jenkins Mine

Past Producer in Louisa 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079782
MRDS ID W030516
Record type Site
Current site name Jenkins Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.8611, 38.06366 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position 7.16 KM (4.45 MI) NE OF MINERAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Anna West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamunkey(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Louisa

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF CONTRARY CREEK, 1.70 KM (1.05 MI) EAST OF U.S. HWY 522 BRIDGE OVER THAT CREEK.

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 Alluvium;Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Alluvium;Chopawamsic Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.8611, 38.06366
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1835
Year of first production 1835

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $2-3,000 PER ANNUM.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS WATER-FILLED PITS AND DUMPS WERE EVIDENT IN 1974.

Comments on development

  • SILLIMAN (1837) REPORTED THE DISCOVERY OF A GOLD/QUARTZ VEIN IN 1836.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILLIMAN, B., 1837, REMARKS ON SOME OF THE GOLD MINES, AND ON PARTS OF THE GOLD REGION OF VIRGINIA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, V. 32, P. 108-130.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1835 DIREXPL PLACER OPERATION AND VEIN PROSPECT.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: INSPECTED SITE.

  • Production

    SILLIMAN (1837)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1830'S

Reporter information

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

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