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Bancroft Mine

Past Producer in Fauquier county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067551
MRDS ID W000334
Record type Site
Current site name Bancroft Mine
Alternate or previous names Bancroff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.72026, 38.47976 (WGS84)
Elevation 108
Relative position 1.15 MI (1.85 KM) NE OF SUMERDUCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredericksburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapidan-Upper Rappahannock(hydrologic unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fauquier

Comments on the location information

  • 0.1 MI (0.2 KM) OFF EAST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 632, 1.7 MI (2.7 KM) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 615. ADDITIONAL SITE AT UTM N 4261490., E 263260 (ZONE +18).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO EVIDENCE AS TO THE MINERALIZATION CAN BE OBTAINED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF EXPOSURES. (LONSDALE REFERENCE)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.72026, 38.47976
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1876
Year of first production 1876

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1877
    Period 1875-1877
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.6 Opt Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 17g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, CAVED PIT AND SMALL DUMP EVIDENT. IN 1877 FOUR SHAFTS WITH CONNECTING LEVELS HAD BEEN SUNK AND ORE TO THE AMOUNT OF 500 TONS AVERAGING $13 TO $15 PER TON IN VALUE WAS ON THE DUMP.

Comments on development

  • MINE HAS NOT BEEN WORKED SINCE 1902. OPERATIONS APPARENTLY BEGAN IN 1876, AND CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIT 1902.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J. T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, P. 78-79.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 13.

  • 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, VOL. 24, P. 345.

  • Deposit

    1876 DIREXPL SAMUEL BANCROFT: BEGAN MINING OPERATION

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: LOCATED MINE

  • Production

    LUTTRELL REFERENCE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1877 THERE WERE 4 SHAFTS WITH CONNECTING LEVELS. THE MINE WAS LAST OPERATED IN 1902. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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