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Kidwell 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067554
MRDS ID W000338
Record type Site
Current site name Kidwell Mine
Related records 10264493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.73998, 38.44143 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position 1.45 MI (2.33 KM) SW 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

  • 1.0 MI (1.6 KM) DOWN PRIVATE ROAD OFF WEST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 632 ABOUT 1.15 MI (1.85 KM) BY ROAD SOUTH OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 651.

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 Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Metamorphosed Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.73998, 38.44143
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE FACT THAT THE HOST ROCK IS SCHIST IS DERIVED FROM LONSDALE'S PLATE 1.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kidwell And Sons
  • Type Owner
    Owner Setti, Mrs. Beulah
    Home office Remington, Va.
    First year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION FIGURE REFERS TO CORE ON THE DUMP.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE IS PROBABLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW-GRADE ORE NEAR THE SITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 610M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, ABOUT FIFTEEN CAVED PITS AND DEBRIS OF WHITE QUARTZ DUMP MATERIAL NOTED. LUTTRELL STATES 610 M (2000 FT) OF TUNVELS, DRIFTS, AND SHAFTS ON SEVERAL VEINS COMPOSE THE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • A 10-STAMP MILL WAS ERECTED DURING OPERATIONS AND SHIPPED ORE. DURING 1877, THERE WERE ABOUT 2000 FEET OF TUNNELS, DRIFTS, AND SHAFTS ON SEVERAL VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONSDALE, J. T., 1927, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 77

  • 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

    BARRON, B.A., 1977, GOLD MINES OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA: WARRENTON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, WARRENTON, VIRGINIA, 57 P.

  • Deposit

    1877 DIREXPL KIDWELL; DEVELOPED MINE AND SHIPPED ORE.

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: LOCATED SITE.

  • Production

    LUTTRELL REFERENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Wright, Nancy A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

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