Mine detail: Pollard Prospect

Previously called 'Polland Mine'

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.47198, -77.73498
dep_id: 10079824
mrds_id: W030563
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Mica
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl: In Veins
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • 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, 57 P.
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS DUG
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