Mine detail: Emigold Mine

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.45004, -77.66637
dep_id: 10079819
mrds_id: W030558
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1912
disc_yr: 1912
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1913, PRECIOUS AND SEMIPRECIOUS METALS IN THE EASTERN STATES IN 1912. (MINE PRODUCTION)., IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR, 1912, PART 1-METALS: P. 417-436.
  • Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1914, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES IN 1913. (MINES REPORT)., IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR, 1913, PART 1-METALS: P. 173-196.
  • Deposit:: 1912 DIREXPL EMIGOLD GOLD MINE, PRODUCING
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., MINE NOT LOCATED.
  • Production:: MCCASKEY (1912, 1913).
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