| Location: | Culpeper County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.50532, -78.01443 |
| dep_id: | 10079812 |
| mrds_id: | W030550 |
| 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: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C. |
| hrock_unit: | Catoctin Formation;Lynchburg Formation |
| hrock_type: | Schist |
| arock_unit: | Catoctin Formation |
| arock_type: | Meta-Basalt |
| Structure: | Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Triassic Basin Border Fault , Ne-Sw Trend, Triassic Basin Faults |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1855 |
| disc_yr: | 1855 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1974, UNPUBLISHED FIELD OBSERVATIONS: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.
- Deposit:: 1855 DIREXPL PRODUCED PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR
- Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES, LOCATED MINE
- Production:: SWEET (1974).
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