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Fisher Mine

Past Producer in Goochland 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079856
MRDS ID W030601
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.0936, 37.83477 (WGS84)
Elevation 125
Relative position ABOUT 1.9 KM (1.2 MI) NE OF CALEDONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goochland(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caledonia(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

  • 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) OFF N SIDE OF FOREST ROAD 2956 (HEADING SE); ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) BY ROAD E OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 605.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.0936, 37.83477
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Width 0.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAME ORE VEINS AS THOSE OPENED AT MOSS AND BUSBY MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Continental Can Co., Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 53.3M
    Overall depth 12.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5M X 2M X 1.2M DEEP PIT, A 2M X 0.6M PIT, DUMP AND SCATTERED PIECES OF WHITE QUARTZ WITH SOME IRON STAINING REPORTED 1974. CREDNER (1869) REPORTED THREE SHAFTS HAD BEEN SUNK.

Comments on development

  • OPENED 1860, AND BY 1895 A 12.2 M (40 FT) SHAFT AND 53.3 M (175 FT) OF DRIFTS HAD BEEN DUG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 406.

  • Deposit

    1860 DIREXPL MINE OPENED, LATER EXTENSIVE DIGGING OCCURRED

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN VARIES FROM 0.076 M TO 0.38 M IN THICKNESS. CREDNER (1869) REPORTED THREE SHAFTS ON A LODE OF TABULAR SANDY QUARTZ, WHICH CARRIED GOLD, AS SPECIMENS ON THE DUMP SHOWED.
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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