Bull Run Occurrence

Occurrence in Fairfax county in Virginia, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082545
MRDS ID W055388
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Run Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -77.2804, 38.83804 (WGS84)
Elevation 43
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairfax(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairfax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Washington West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Washington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Fairfax

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -77.2804, 38.83804

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPORTED PLACER ACCUMALATIONS OF GOLD TRANSPORTED FROM UPSTREAM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1980
Discoverer L.R. Bernstein

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL FLAKES OF GOLD PANNED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, ADDITIONAL GOLD MINES PROSPECTS AND OCCURRENCES IN VIRGINIA, VDMR, VDMR MINERALS, VOL.31, NO.4, P.41-52.

  • Deposit

    BERNSTEIN, L.R., 1980, MINERALS OF THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA; MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EDUCATIONAL SERIES NO.5, 148P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-87 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.