Mine detail: Randolph Mine

Previously called 'Sugar Mine'

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.4706, -77.67526
dep_id: 10067552
mrds_id: W000335
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_unit: Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J T, 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 21, NO. 1, P. 1-9.
  • Deposit:: BARRON, B.A., 1977, GOLD MINES OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA: WARRENTON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, WARRENTON, VIRGINIA, 57 P.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: LOCATED SIT
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