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Page Mine

Past Producer in Fluvanna county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079839
MRDS ID W030580
Record type Site
Current site name Page Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.22722, 37.84811 (WGS84)
Elevation 79
Relative position ABOUT 2.3 KM W OF WILMINGTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fluvanna(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rivanna(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fluvanna

Comments on the location information

  • 0.40 KM (0.25 MI) NE OF THE INTERSECTION OF LONG ISLAND CREEK WITH STATE ROAD 601 ON THE SE SIDE OF THAT CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite 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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Arvonia Formation
    Rock description Arvonia Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.22722, 37.84811
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE CRYSTALS UP TO 1 CM WIDE OCCUR IN VEINS; FLUID INCLUSIONS ARE COMMON IN SOME QUARTZ GRAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1856
Year of first production 1856

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD NUGGETS WORTH $20- TO $25 WERE FOUND ON THIS PROPERTY DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF OPERATION.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED SHAFT 9.1M X 6M X 4M DEEP, 15.2M X 1.6M DEEP TRENCH CUT UP A HILL AND LARGE DUMP OF SLATE, AMPHIBOLE SCHIST, QUARTZ, PHYLLITE REPORTED 1974. SEVERAL TUNNELS AND SHAFTS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK DURING THE MINE'S OPERATION.

Comments on development

  • 8-STAMP MILL USED IN 1856: MILL IN RUINS BY 1865: PROSPECTED AGAIN IN 1895; INTERMITTENT PLACER WORKING HAS BEEN PERFORMED.

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 DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 7, 271 P.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T. L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J. P. BELL COMPANY, PRINTERS AND BINDERS, 618 P.

  • Deposit

    HAMMETT, A.B.J., 1966, THE HISTORY OF GOLD: KERRVILLE, TEXAS, BRASWELL PRINTING CO., 107 P.

  • Deposit

    1856 DIREXPL

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED

  • Production

    HAMMETT (1966)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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