Mine detail: Bancroft Mine

Previously called 'Bancroff Mine'

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.47976, -77.72026
dep_id: 10067551
mrds_id: W000334
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1876
disc_yr: 1876
References:
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J. T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P. 78-79.
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 13.
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: MORTON, J.H., 1877, THE GOLD MINES OF FAUQUIER COUNTY,VIRGINIA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 24, P. 345.
  • Deposit:: 1876 DIREXPL SAMUEL BANCROFT: BEGAN MINING OPERATION
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: LOCATED MINE
  • Production:: LUTTRELL REFERENCE
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