Mine detail: Embrey Mine

Previously called 'Embry Mine'

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Location: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.5031, -77.70387
dep_id: 10106150
mrds_id: W030557
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend
tectonic: Piedmont
Year first produced: 1877
disc_yr: 1877
References:
  • Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
  • Deposit:: MORTON, J. H., 1877, THE GOLD MINES OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 24, P. 345.
  • Deposit:: LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN 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:: 1877 DIREXPL PRODUCING ORE
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MINE LOCATED
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