Mine detail: Pine View Prospect

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.45615, -77.68831
dep_id: 10079823
mrds_id: W030562
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Mica, Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: In Veins
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Greenstone,Mica Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS, PT. 2: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V. 47, NO 7-8, P. 435-444.
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
  • Deposit:: BARRON, B.A., 1977 GOLD MINES OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA: WARRENTON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, WARRENTON, VIRGINIA.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTE
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