| Deposit ID | 10111260 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030619 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shannon Hill Property Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.04277, 37.87338 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 137 |
| Relative position | 1.45 MI (2.33 KM) NE OF TABSCOTT AND 0.55 MI (0.88 KM) SOUTH OF SHANNON HILL. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Goochland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Alluvium;Arvonia Formation;Hatcher Complex |
| Rock description | Alluvium;Arvonia Formation;Hatcher Complex |
| (1) | -78.04277, 37.87338 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Columbia Syncline , Ne-Sw Trend |
| General form | IRREGULAR, LINEAR () |
|---|---|
| Strike | NNE |
| Dip | 40 DEG E |
| Width | 1M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1861 |
| Year of first production | 1861 |
| District name | Gold-Pyrite Belt |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W030619 |
SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
BROWN, C.B., 1937, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 48, 68 P.
TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD BELT IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 7, 271 P.
CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 406.
1865 DIREXPL PROSPECT PITS SUNK ON VEIN, NOT MINED.
1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES: LOCATED MINE.
DIREXPL PLACER MINING.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CREDNER (1869) REPORTED A QUARTZ VEIN HAD BEEN OPENED BY A PROSPECT PIT AND AT THE TIME OF HIS VISIT A SHAFT WAS BEING SUNK ON THE VEIN. THE PROSPECT PIT REVEALED THE CHIEF LODE WAS 0.3 TO 1 M (1 TO 3 FT) WIDE, AND TWO SMALLER VEINS PARALLEL TO THE FOOTWALL. THESE VEINS CONSISTED OF WHITE TRANSLUCENT TABULAR QUARTZ, WITH A GREAT DEAL OF EARTHY IRON OXIDE AND CONSIDERABLE GOLD. WASHING THE GOLD PLACERS ON THIS PROPERTY YIELDED ON THE AVERAGE $8 PER DAY WHEN CREDNER VISITED. |
| Deposit | THIS IS MOST NE POINT IN COUNTY WHERE GOLD HAS BEEN FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: PRE-CIVIL WAR |
| 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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