Mine detail: Bull Neck Mine

Previously called 'Kirk MineBull Neck Run Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.96531, -77.21579

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Galena, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host rock:	Schist (Wissahickon Form. );Epal;Alluvium;Mafic Rocks (Chopawamsic Form. )
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	Reg.Trends: Northeast-Southwest, Average Schistosity Strikes N 15 Deg E
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W000348
DEP	10105449
Reference	{Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.}{Deposit:: ULKE, T, 1937, NOTES ON A NEW GOLD MINE AND FLOTATION MILL NEAR WASHINGTON, D C: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V 12, P 371}{Deposit:: ULKE, T, 1939, GOLD MINING PAST AND PRESENT NEAR WASHINGTON, D C: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V 14, P 299-305.}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, P M, 1964, GEOLOGY AND GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, D C AND VICINITY: U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1776, 97 P.}{Deposit:: 1900 DIREXPL HYDRAULIC GOLD-GRAVEL WASHING PLANT OPERATED}{Deposit:: 1936 DIREXPL 70 FT. SHAFT SUNK}{Deposit:: 1937 MINING ABANDONED}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP JOHNSTON, P.M.: WROTE WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1776.}{Deposit:: 1977 GEOLMAP DRAKE, A.A., JR., & FROELICH, A.J.: OPEN FILE MAP 77-523.}
Reporter	Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)