Mine detail: Wykoff Mine

Location:	Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.48698, -77.67526
dep_id:	10079827
mrds_id:	W030565
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Quartz
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
ore_ctrl:	In Quartz Veins
Reporter:	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_unit:	Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type:	Slate,Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1854
disc_yr:	1854
References:	Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA; J.P. BELL CO., P. 553. Deposit:: CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 371. 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 & PUBLISHING COMPANY, WARRENTON, VIRGINIA, 57P. Deposit:: 1854 DIREXPL WYCKOFF GOLD MINING CO.; EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED MINE Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED Production:: WATSON, 1907, P. 553.