Mine detail: Liepold Mine

Previously called 'Leopold MineStone Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.49448, -77.70609

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1887

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1887

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW030561
DEP10079822
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1907, THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN STATES, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR, 1906: P. 323-333.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.}{Deposit:: 1887 DIREXPL LEOPOLD CO., DEVELOPED MINE}{Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL VA. MINING & DEVELOPMENT CO., PRODUCED GOLD}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED MINE}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.