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Embrey Mine

Past Producer in Fauquier county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106150
MRDS ID W030557
Record type Site
Current site name Embrey Mine
Alternate or previous names Embry Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.70387, 38.5031 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position 0.65 MI (1.05 KM) WEST OF MORRISVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fauquier(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(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

  • 0.15 MI (0.24 KM) SW OF JUNCTION OF STATE ROAD 835 AND U.S. HWY 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYED AT $42 PER TON (MORTON, 1877).

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.70387, 38.5031
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Comments on the geologic information

  • LONSDALE (1927) DOES NOT LIST THIS MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1877

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brooks, Eugene L. And Mary Jane

Comments on the workings information

  • 36.5 M X 7.6 M X 6.9 M DEEP TRENCH VISIBLE IN 1974, IN ADDITION TO 4 LESSER TRENCH CUTS AND DUMPS SHAFT SUNK IN LARGEST TRENCH, NOW WATER FILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 11 VEINS OPENED UP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

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