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Wykoff Mine

Past Producer in Fauquier county in Virginia, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079827
MRDS ID W030565
Record type Site
Current site name Wykoff Mine
Alternate or previous names Wycoff, Wyckoff, Quartz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.67526, 38.48698 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Relative position ABOUT 2.17 KM (1.35 MI) SE 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

  • 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) OFF ENE SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 17 ABOUT 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) BY ROAD N OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 633.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.67526, 38.48698
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENTICALAR QUARTZ CONCRETIONS, SOFT TALCOSE SLATE, AURIFEROUS PYRITE; NO RECENT GEOLOGICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS AREA, LONSDALE (192+) DESCRIBES THE ROCK FORMATION .

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1854
Year of first production 1854

Mining district

District name Gold-Pyrite Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Continental Can Co., Inc.; Chesapeake Corp. Of Va., And Northern Va Properties, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • EACH OF THE VEINS WERE NAMED; MILL-HOUSE VEIN YEILDED $41.28/TON; TUNNELL VEIN YEILDED $41.28/TON; SLATE VEIN GAVE $89.18/TON; ANOTHER OUTCROPPING VEIN YEILDED $624.10/TON{ AND STILL ANOTHER OUTCROP YIELDED $30.00/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 10 CAVED PITS, TROUGHS AND SHAFT, LARGE QUARTZ DUMPS WITH IRON-OXIDE STAINS REPORTED 1974.

Comments on development

  • WHEN CREDNER VISITED THE MINE IN 1865 THE MILL WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND CONTAINED 6 REVOLVING IRON STAMPS{ ONE CRUSHING APPARATUS (COST $6,000), WITH BALLS OF 1,000 POUNDS WEIGHT, REVOLVING IN A PAN{ A 60 HORSE-POWER ENGINE{ ONE AMALGAMATOR FOR ALLUVIAL SANDS{ ONE VERY COMPLICATED CRUSHER AND AMALGAMATOR OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND FOUR BOLLERS. ; ECON.COM: 6-STAMP MILL OPERATED AROUND 1868

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA; J.P. BELL CO., P. 553.

  • Deposit

    CREDNER, H., 1868, REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS ON THE GOLD FIELDS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: AMER. JOUR. MNG., VOL. VI, P. 371.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1854 DIREXPL WYCKOFF GOLD MINING CO.; EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED MINE

  • Deposit

    1974 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; SITE INSPECTED

  • Production

    WATSON, 1907, P. 553.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS DEVELOPED , THE MILL-HOUSE, TUNNEL, AND SLATE VEINS. THE MILL-HOUSE VEIN WAS REPORTED TO BE 6 M (20 FT) THICK.

Reporter information

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

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