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Liepold 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079822
MRDS ID W030561
Record type Site
Current site name Liepold Mine
Alternate or previous names Leopold Mine, Stone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.70609, 38.49448 (WGS84)
Elevation 123
Relative position 0.85 MI (1.37 KM) SW OF MORRISVILLE.

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

  • 0.175 MI (0.282 KM) OFF SOUTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 634 ABOUT 0.35 MI (0.56 KM) BY ROAD WSW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 632 HEADING NORTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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 Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.70609, 38.49448
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY INFERRED FROM LONSDALE (1927)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Mining And Development Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. Edwards, S. A. Smith

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, TWO WATER-FILLED SHAFTS, THREE OPEN CUTS, ROCK FOUNDATIONS AND SCATTERED DUMPS EVIDENT. IN 1906, 10-STAMP MILL REPORTED ON SITE.

Comments on development

  • OCT. 1887, LEOPOLD C. BIERWIRTH OF LEOPOLD CO. OF DOVER, N.J. BOUGHT LAND FROM STONE FAMILY, IN OPERATION BY 1894. NO GOLD PRODUCED IN 1906 UNDER VA. MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO. A 10-STAMP MILL WAS ERECTED ON THIS PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    MCCASKEY, H.D., 1907, THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN STATES, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR, 1906: P. 323-333.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J.T., 1927, GEOLOGY OF GOLD-PYRITE BELT OF THE NORTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 30, 110 P.

  • Deposit

    1887 DIREXPL LEOPOLD CO., DEVELOPED MINE

  • Deposit

    1905 DIREXPL VA. MINING & DEVELOPMENT CO., PRODUCED GOLD

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES., LOCATED MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Trimble, David, C. U.S. Geological Survey

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