Mine detail: Liepold Mine

Previously called 'Leopold MineStone Mine'

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.49448, -77.70609
dep_id: 10079822
mrds_id: W030561
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
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: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1887
disc_yr: 1887
References:
  • 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
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