Mine detail: Little Elliot Mine

Location:	Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.46393, -77.67109
dep_id:	10105448
mrds_id:	W000337
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:	Pyrite
model:	273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Wright, Nancy A.
hrock_unit:	Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks;Somerville Granite
hrock_type:	Greenstone
arock_unit:	Somerville Granite
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic:	Piedmont
References:	Deposit:: LONSDALE, J T, 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1975, ROAD LOG TO SOME ABANDONED GOLD MINES OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT, NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V 21, NO 1, P 1-9. Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: LOCATED SITE. Deposit:: DIREXPL MINING OPERATIONS TO HAVE OCCURRED IN EARLY 190*(?).