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Morgan Mine

Past Producer in Goochland county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079863
MRDS ID W030610
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Mine
Alternate or previous names Robert Hughes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.09249, 37.81783 (WGS84)
Elevation 130
Relative position 0.8 MI (1.3 KM) EAST 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

  • 0.65 MI (1.05 KM) OFF NE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 610 ABOUT 0.4 MI (0.6 KM) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 605.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Arvonia Formation;Alluvium
    Rock description Arvonia Formation;Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.09249, 37.81783
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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, LINEAR
    Width 1.2M

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 J. C. Tyler

Comments on the production information

  • BEFORE CIVIL WAR IN ONE EIGHT MONTH PERIOD $3000 WORTH OF GOLD PRODUCED; A YIELD OF 110 G (3.5 OZ T.) PER DAY.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, CAVED SHAFT, CAVED PITS AND TRENCHES, AND DUMPS EVIDENT. SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE SUNK DURING OPERATIONS ON THE VEINS BUT WERE ALREADY FILLED IN WHEN CREDNER VISITED THE PROPERTY IN 1865.

Comments on development

  • PLACER GRAVELS WERE MINED FIRST AND LATER SOME VEIN MINING WAS DONE. TWO VEINS WERE WORKED. BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, ORE WAS HAULED TO THE BELZORO MILL AND IS SAID TO HAVE YIELDED 70 PENNYWEIGHTS OF GOLD PER DAY, OR ABOUT ?3,000 IN EIGHT MONTHS. LATER A 10-STAMP MILL WAS BUILT BUT THE SIZE OF THE TAILINGS PILE INDICATES THAT LITTLE ORE WAS MILLED.

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

    CREDNER, H., 1869, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VII, P. 27.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL PLACER AND VEIN MINING PRIOR TO 1861

  • Production

    TABER (1913)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED JUST WEST OF YOUNG AMERICAN MINE PROPERTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit TWO VEINS WERE WORKED{ THE MAIN VEIN WAS 1.2 M (4 FT) WIDE AND A SMALLER PARALLEL VEIN IN THE HANGING WALL.
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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