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Seay Mine

Past Producer in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079444
MRDS ID W028983
Record type Site
Current site name Seay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.49779, 37.49173 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position 2.3 MI (3.7 KM) NW OF WILLIS MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Appomattox(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 Buckingham

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SE OF TONGUE QUARTER CREEK ABOUT 0.4 MI (0.6 KM) OFF NW SIDE OF STATE ROAD 774 ABOUT 0.85 MI (1.37 KM) BY ROAD SOUTH OF JUNCTION WITH U.S. HWY. 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

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;Alluvium
    Rock description Arvonia Formation;Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.49779, 37.49173
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK TYPE FROM DESCRIPTION OF MORROW MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Year of first production 1855

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Present Owner -Westvaco. Mineral Rights-1/2 Westvaco Abd 1/2 Owens Illinois.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 64M
    Overall depth 46M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, TEN CAVED PITS AND TRENCH CUTS AND DUMPS EVIDENT. 3 SHAFTS REPORTEDLY WERE SUNK IN THE 1800'S, 2 WERE 9 M (30 FT) DEEP, THE THIRD WAS 46 M (150 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • PLACER GRAVELS AND SMALL CUTS WORKED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR. CREDNER (1868) REPORTS 6 CUTS AND 2 SHAFTS, EACH 9 M (30 FT) DEEP, ON THE PROPERTY{ ALSO AN OLD MILL IN RUINS ON THE BANK OF A SMALL STREAM WHICH HAD BEEN DESERTED FOR 12 YEARS. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR A 46 M (150 FT) SHAFT WAS SUNK, BUT NO FURTHER WORK WAS DONE. IN 1910 IT WAS OWNED BY THE OWNER OF THE MORROW MINE. SANTA FE MINING DRILLED TWO VERTICAL CORE HOLES(402' ABD 443') JUST NORTHEAST OF THE OLD SHAFT. CORE IS STORED AT THE DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES GARAGE.

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

    CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    1855 DIREXPL PLACER MINING AND SMALL SHAFTS SUNK

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., MINE RELOCATED

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL 46 M (150 FT) SHAFT SUNK AFTER CIVIL WAR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING PYRITE AND GOLD.
Deposit ADJOINS MORROW MINE TO THE SOUTHEAST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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