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Kelly 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067553
MRDS ID W000336
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Mine
Alternate or previous names Kelley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.74914, 38.46115 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position 1.2 MI (1.9 KM) WEST 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

  • 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) OFF SE SIDE OF END OF FARM ROAD WHICH IS 1.69 KM (1.05 MI) BY ROAD SW OF ITS JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 651.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALOGY NOT REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -77.74914, 38.46115
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Comments on the geologic information

  • A REPORT IN THE FREDERICKSBURG (VA) LEDGER OF 15 MAY, 1872 STATED DEPOSITS WERE WITH CARBONATES AND NOT SULPHATES (SIC) AND THE ORE RAN $60 TO $100 PER TON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maddux, T. H.

Comments on the production information

  • NO INDICATION IS GIVEN AS TO THE VOLUME OF ORE PRODUCED.

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
    Overall depth 61M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974, THREE CAVED SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS CAVED PITS AND TRENCHES, ROCK FOUNDATIONS, REMAINS OF MACHINERY, AND DUMPS EVIDENT

Comments on development

  • THIS MINE WAS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY OVER A LONG PERIOD. IN 1879 THE MINE REPORTEDLY YIELDED FROM $700 TO $1000 A WEEK PROFIT. IT WAS LAST WORKED ABOUT 1904. A 10-STAMP MILL WAS BUILT WITH TABLES AND AMALGAM PLATES, BUT IT WAS REMODELED TO USE THE CYANIDE PROCESS FOR TREATING THE ORES, BUT WITH WHAT SUCCESS IS NOT KNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 76.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, GOLD AND SILVER, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 549-567.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA DIV MIN RES: INSPECTED SITE

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED SITE; USED CYANIDE PROCESS FOR SEPARATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE HAS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY OVER A LONG PERIOD. IN 1879 IT SUPPOSEDLY YIELDED FROM $700 TO $1000 A WEEK PROFIT. AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A 10-STAMP MILL. A LARGE AND ELABORATE MILL WAS BUILT, AND IN 1927 STILL REMAINED IN GOOD SHAPE. ; 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-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

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