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Grannison 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 10079859
MRDS ID W030604
Record type Site
Current site name Grannison Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.11388, 37.81561 (WGS84)
Elevation 125
Relative position 0.6 MI (1.0 KM) SW 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

  • SE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 605 ABOUT 0.6 MI (1.0 KM) SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 610. ADDITIONAL SITE AT UTM N 4188690., E 754520., ZONE +17.

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Arvonia Formation;Alluvium
    Rock description Arvonia Formation;Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.11388, 37.81561
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

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 1861

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. Tyler, Continental Can Co., Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 13M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT SUNK AND OPEN PITS DUG. IN 1974, SIX CAVED PITS, TRENCH CUT, AND COVERED DUMPS EVIDENT.

Comments on development

  • PLACER GRAVELS WERE EXTENSIVELY WORKED BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR AND 3 QUARTZ VEINS WERE OPENED UP. ONE OF THESE WAS WORKED TO SOME EXTENT BY OPEN PITS AND A SHAFT 13 M (42 FT) DEEP. AFTER THE WAR THE VEINS WERE REOPENED AND A 10-STAMP MILL BUILT NEAR THE BRANCH, MOST OF THE WORK WAS DONE A SHORT DISTANCE NORTHEAST OF THE MILL WHERE A SERIES OF SHAFTS AND PITS WERE DUG, EXTENDING FOR ABOUT 137 M (450 FT) IN A DIRECTION N45DEGE. THERE ARE SEVERAL PITS LOCATED ABOUT 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NORTHWEST, SAID TO HAVE BEEN OPENED ON A SMALLER VEIN THAT WAS VERY RICH.

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

    GOOD, R.S., FORDHAM, O.M., JR., AND HALLADAY, C.R., 1977, GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE FOR GOLD IN THE CALEDONIA AND PENDLETON QUADRANGLES IN THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 23, NO. 2, P. 13-22.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ADDITIONAL VEIN MINING AND MILL ERECTION POST CIVIL WAR

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL PLACER AND VEIN MINING PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR

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

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