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Luce and Howard Mine

Past Producer in Halifax 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106146
MRDS ID W030511
Record type Site
Current site name Luce and Howard Mine
Alternate or previous names Howard Mine, Tallyhill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.74446, 36.60174 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 1.9 KM (1.2 MI) SW OF HITESBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Halifax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

South Boston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Halifax

Comments on the location information

  • 0.40 KM (0.25 MI) DOWN DRIVEWAY OFF WEST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 602 ABOUT 1.37 KM (0.85 MI) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 733.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Aaron Formation (Middle Member)
    Rock description Aaron Formation (Middle Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.74446, 36.60174
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Virgilina Synclinorium, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • AARON FORMATION IS EQUIVALENT TO EFLAND FORMATION IN N.C.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Virgilina District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hamme Sisters

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE OR NO STOPING REPORTED. IN 1974, OPEN SHAFT, CAVED SHAFT AND ROCK FOUNDATIONS NOTED. THREE SHAFTS REPORTEDLY SUNK. THE SHAFTS VARIED IN DEPTH FROM 23 TO 30.5 M (75 TO 100 FT). SEVERAL OPEN TRENCHES WERE ALSO SEEN IN 1974.

Comments on development

  • A SMALL 5-STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATING MACHINERY WERE INSTALLED. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1906. ; ECON.COM: 5-STAMP MILL INSTALLED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANEY, F.B., 1917, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VIRGILINA DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14, 176 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1971, GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V. 17, NO. 3, P. 25-33.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: INSPECTED SITE.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL INITIAL MINE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION, PRE-1906.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE GOLD WAS VERY FINE AND THUS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAVE BY AMALGAMATION (LANEY, 1917). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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