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Willis Creek Mine

Past Producer in Buckingham 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079446
MRDS ID W028985
Record type Site
Current site name Willis Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.62029, 37.44089 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Relative position 3.85 MI (6.20 KM) SW OF ANDERSONVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Andersonville(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

  • ON A TRIBUTARY TO THE WILLIS RIVER, 0.6 MI (1.0 KM) OFF NORTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 636, ABOUT 0.25 MI (0.40 KM) BY ROAD NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 614. IN APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM STATE FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.62029, 37.44089
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY DESCRIBED ABOVE DERIVED FROM DESCRIPTION OF BONDURANT MINE, 1.9 MI (3.1 KM) NE OF WILLIS CREEK MINE.

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

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974 SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES VISIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, J.L., 1882, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY, VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, 119P.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 549-567.

  • Deposit

    1881 DIREXPL DEVELOPING, RESULTS UNKNOWN

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUPPOSEDLY ON SAME LODE AS PHILADELPHIA MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer (D.C. Levan), Robert E. U.S. Geological Survey

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