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Scotia Mine Tellurium Vein

Past Producer in Fluvanna 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 10106153
MRDS ID W030584
Record type Site
Current site name Scotia Mine Tellurium Vein
Alternate or previous names Perkins Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.1086, 37.84116 (WGS84)
Elevation 130
Relative position 1.4 MI (2.2 KM) NORTH OF CALEDONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fluvanna(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 Fluvanna

Comments on the location information

  • 0.35 MI (0.56 KM) OFF SW SIDE OF FOREST ROAD 2956 ABOUT 0.55 MI (0.88 KM) BY ROAD NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 605.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Arvonia Formation
    Rock description Arvonia Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.1086, 37.84116
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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
    Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 35 DEG SE
    Width 0.9M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ CONTAINS MINUTE GASEOUS OR LIQUID INCLUSIONS OCCASSIONALLY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1835
Year of first production 1835

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Scotia Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bloom, M.

Comments on the workings information

  • A DRAIN TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN 32 M (105 FT) IN A DIRECTION S 11 DEG E, CUTTING THE BIG SANDSTONE VEIN NEAR THE PORTAL AND ALSO THE MIDDLE AND LITTLE VEINS. A 20 M (67 FT) VERTICAL SHAFT WAS SUNK ON THE HANGING WALL OF THE BIG SANDSTONE VEIN, CUTTING THE VEIN NEAR THE BOTTOM. SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS WERE ALSO DUG TO PROSPECT THE BIG SANDSTONE VEIN. AN OLD INCLINED SHAFT SUNK ON THE MIDDLE VEIN NEAR THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY WAS REOPENEN BY THE SCOTIA MINING CO. IN 1974, AN OPEN SHAFT APPROXIMATELY 2 M (7 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 12 M (40 FT) DEEP, TWO CAVED PITS, AND DUMPS WERE EVIDENT. CREDNER REPORTED A 3 M (10 FT) DEEP PROSPECT PIT AND A SHAFT 9 M (30 FT) DEEP HAD BEEN SUNK ON A VEIN BEFORE 1849.

Comments on development

  • THIS PROPERTY WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE PERKINS MINE AND UNDER THAT NAME WAS PROSPECTED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF GOLD MINING IN VIRGINIA. THE ORE WAS USED TO PAY WORKING EXPENSES. AFTER 1849 VERY LITTLE WORK WAS DONE UNTIL THE SCOTIA MINING CO. BEGAN DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1910. SEVARAL SHAFTS AND PITS WERE SUNK DURING THE WORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SMITH, J. W., MILICI, R. C., AND GREENBERG, S. S., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FLUVANNA COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 79, 62 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

    CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR? MNG., VOL. VI, P. 406.

  • Deposit

    1845 DIREXPL REMOVED ORE

  • Deposit

    1910 DIREXPL SCOTIA MINING CO., REMOVED ORE

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING CONDUCTED ON EXTENSION OF TELLURIUM VEIN SYSTEM. ABOVE DESCRIBES THE MAIN VEIN, THE BIG SANDSTONE VEIN, WHICH AVERAGED 0.5 M IN WIDTH. IN ADDITION TWO SMALL STRINGERS, THE MIDDLE AND LITTLE VEINS, WERE WORKED. TABER (1913) DOES NOT BELIEVE THE MIDDLE VEIN IS THE SAME MIDDLE VEIN AT THE TELLURIUM MINE. THE MIDDLE VEIN HAS A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 0.6 M AND PINCHES TO 2.5 CM ABOUT 9 M FROM THE SURFACE. THE STRIKE IS N 60 DEG E, DIPPING 35 DEG SE. VEINLETS OF MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ CUT THESE LARGER VEINS.
Deposit PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDED MINING ON HODGES VEIN, DESCRIBED SEPARATELY AS SCOTIA MINE (HODGES VEIN). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Discovery Year: 1830'S (?)

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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