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Payne Tract 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079865
MRDS ID W030613
Record type Site
Current site name Payne Tract Mine
Alternate or previous names Caswell's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.07165, 37.85616 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Relative position 0.55 MI (0.88 KM) SW OF TABSCOTT.

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

  • 0.05 MI (0.08 KM) OFF THE SE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 605 ABOUT 0.15 MI (0.24 KM) BY ROAD NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 681.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -78.07165, 37.85616
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

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 Payne, T. E.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, A CAVED SHAFT, SEVEN CAVED PITS, AND DUMPS EVIDENT. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OLD SURFACE CUTS AND CAVED SHAFTS DUG DURING THE MINING OPERATIONS, THE WORKINGS EXTEND IN A LINE RUNNING ABOUT N58DEGE.

Comments on development

  • IN 1974, VA. DIV. MIN. RES CONDUCTED RECONNAISANCE OF SITE. NO REPORTS OF PRODUCTION EXIST. A LARGE PILE OF MILL TAILINGS A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE OPENINGS INDICATES THE SITE OF THE OLD MILL OF WHICH NO OTHER TRACE REMAINS. THE MILL THAT CREDNER (1868-69) FOUND IN RUINS WHEN HE VISITED THE BUSBY MINE WAS PROBABLY LOCATED AT THIS POINT. MINE ADJOINS THE BUSBY MINE AND WAS FORMERLY A PART OF THAT PROPERTY.

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

    MORRILL, P. 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS, PT 4: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 47, NO. 10, P. 587-596

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1911 DIREXPL ATTEMPT MADE TO REOPEN A SHAFT

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL MINED AND MILL ERECTED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR

  • Deposit

    1933 DIREXPL TRENCHING WORK STARTED; DISCLOSED VEIN

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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