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Turpin Creek Mine

Past Producer in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106179
MRDS ID W031167
Record type Site
Current site name Turpin Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Agee Tract, Gold Tract

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.47779, 37.56867 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
Relative position 3.5 KM (2.2 MI) NORTHWEST OF DILLWYN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Comments on the location information

  • 110 M (361 FT) NORTHEAST ON STATE ROAD 1010 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 15, TURN NORTHWEST ON DIRT ROAD AND FOLLOW IT NORTHWARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.4 KM (1.5 MI), TURN NORTHWEST FOLLOWING DIRT ROAD TO ITS END, ABOUT 0.3 KM (0.2 MI), MINE IS JUST INSIDE WOODS, ABOUT 46 M (150 FT). THIS AREA IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED FOR A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Mica 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 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) -78.47779, 37.56867
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form LENS ()

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1837
Year of first production 1836

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Commonwealth Of Virginia

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPEN CUT AND AT LEAST 10 PITS AND SHAFTS WERE SEEN IN 1981. THE OPENINGS AVERAGED 4.6 M (15 FT) IN DIAMETER AND UP TO 2.4 M (8 FT) DEEP. OTHERS OPENINGS SHOWN EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST ON THE LAND PLAT WERE NOT LOCATED. ONE TRENCH ABOUT 12 M (40 FT) LONG WAS ALSO SEEN.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS MINED IN 1836 OR BEFORE BASED ON AN 1836 LAND PLAT WHICH CONTAINS THE MINE. PRODUCTION IS UNDETERMINED, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AGEE, LOUIS, N., - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE (BUCKINGHAM COUNTY) - VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    EARL GREGG SWEM LIBRARY, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, LAND PLAT SHOWING THE JOSEPH AGEE TO ROBERT SHAW LAND SALE, 1836, IN AUSTIN-TWYMAN PAPERS, FOLDER 393.

  • Deposit

    VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, PATENT BOOK #34, P. 249, 1756-1762, SHOWING LAND PATENTED TO MATHIEU AGEE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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