Dillard Mine

Past Producer in Goochland county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10079854
MRDS ID W030598
Record type Site
Current site name Dillard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.12722, 37.77811 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Relative position 2.65 MI (4.27 KM) NE OF COLUMBIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goochland(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)

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

  • ALONG WEST SIDE OF BYRD CREEK, 0.55 MI (0.88 KM) NORTH OF STATE ROAD 667 FROM A POINT ABOUT 0.35 MI (0.56 KM) BY STATE ROAD 667 WEST OF ITS CROSSING OVER BYRD CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium;Arvonia Formation
    Rock description Alluvium;Arvonia Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.12722, 37.77811

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ARVONIA FORMATION UNDERLIES AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION, IF ACTUALLY ANY, WAS PROBABLY SMALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, SEVERAL SCOOPED-OUT AREAS AND SAND BARS EVIDENT.

Comments on development

  • NO REPORT OF DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.B., 1937, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 48, 68 P.

  • Deposit

    TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 7, 271 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL APPARENT PLACER OPERATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RUTH MINE ADJOINS TO NE. BROWN (1937) AND TABER (1913) DO NOT MENTION THIS MINE. THE ONLY DIRECT REFERENCE IS A NOTATION ON THE PALMYRA, VA. 30-MIN. TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE, 1902. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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

Beyond USGS

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