Mine detail: Union Mine

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.44171, -77.68387
dep_id: 10079825
mrds_id: W030564
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS ()
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks (Chopawamsic Formation)
hrock_type: Schist
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1833
disc_yr: 1830
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: SILLIMAN, B., 1837, REMARKS ON SOME OF THE GOLD MINES, AND ON PARTS OF THE GOLD REGION OF VIRGINA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, SERIES 1, V. 32, P. 98-133.
  • Deposit:: THE FREE LANCE, 1887, A TRIP THROUGH THE GOLD BELT OF VIRGINIA: FREDERICKSBURG, VA., V. 3, NO. 86
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.
  • Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 371.
  • Deposit:: 1833 DIREXPL UNION GOLD MINING CO: DEVELOPED
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MIN. RES.: LOCATED MINE
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