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Luce Mine

Past Producer in Louisa 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106147
MRDS ID W030518
Record type Site
Current site name Luce Mine
Alternate or previous names Capt. Luce's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.90027, 37.98949 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 0.56 KM (0.35 MI) SW OF PENDLETON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louisa(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richmond(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richmond(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pamunkey(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Louisa

Comments on the location information

  • 0.20 KM (0.125 MI) OFF NW SIDE OF U.S. HWY 522, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) BY ROAD SOUTH OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 700.

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 Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.90027, 37.98949
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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
    Width 2.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 305M
    Overall depth 61M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, TWO CAVED SHAFTS, EIGHT CAVED PITS AND TRENCH CUTS WERE EVIDENT. THE 2 SHAFTS ARE 91.5 M (300 FT) APART AND ALIGNED ALONG A N30DEGE DIRECTION. THESE SHAFTS DIP 60DEG AND 70DEG NEARLY SOUTHEAST. THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 61 M (200 FT) WITH THE TOTAL LENGTH OF DRIFTING ON THE VEIN MORE THAN 305 M (1000 FT). NUMEROUS SMALLER OPENINGS WERE MADE OVER ALL PARTS OF THE PROPERTY.

Comments on development

  • WATSON (1907) FELT THIS MINE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE GOLD OPERATION IN LOUISA COUNTY. THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY 2 SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS SMALL OPENINGS. A 20-STAMP MILL WAS ERECTED AND MUCH ORE WAS MINED AND MILLED. MINE WAS LAST OPERATED IN 1895. ; ECON.COM: 20-STAMP MILL ERECTED

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, VA. J. P. BELL CO., 618 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL MINING AND MILLING OPERATION (CEASED 1895).

  • Production

    WATSON (1907)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH OF THE VEIN VARIED FROM 1 TO 2.4 M (3 TO 8 FT). MINE IS ON THE FISHER LODE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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