Most gold mining in Virginia Fairfax , Prince William , Stafford , Fauquier , Culpeper , Spotsylvania , Orange , Louisa , Fluvanna , Goochland , Cumberland , and Buckingham . Some gold was also mined in Halifax , Floyd , and Patrick counties.
History of Virginia gold mining
The earliest recording of gold mining activity in Virginia began about 1804 as placer mining , followed quickly by lode mining. Mining continued unabated until the onset of the California Gold Rush , at which point most serious speculators moved west. Production continued at a low level until the Civil War , when it virtually ground to a halt.[ 1]
Near the end of the war, Union troops began a systematic campaign to destroy the economic base of the South. Many gold mines were subsequently damaged beyond repair. Most were, by this time, marginal producers, their ores of such low concentrate as to stretch the limits of the mercury amalgam (chemistry) recovery technology of the day. Many of these mines never reopened.
Other mines did, however, and gold production in Virginia continued until World War II , when, on October 8, 1942, the War Production Board issued Limitation Order L-208 , which branded gold production as a non-essential and directed all but the smallest of gold mines to shut down so their labor force could be used elsewhere to support the war effort.
Economic conditions following the war were such that few miners returned to mining, so only a handful of mines reopened. For all practical purposes, commercial gold production in Virginia ceased after 1948.
At its peak, Virginia was the third largest gold producing state,[ 2]
Modern era
More than 300 prospects and mines are known to have existed in Virginia, yet very few, if any at all, are commercially active at this time. Amateur and hobby prospecting continues to this day, primarily consisting of individual or small scale placer operations. Many hobbyists simply use a gold pan or a sluice box.
Museums and displays about gold mining
Lake Anna State Park Monroe Park in Goldvein has a museum about gold mining operations in the area, with some reconstructed buildings and historical artifacts.
Since most commercial gold activity ceased in the late 1940s, records are scant. This list is not complete.
quadrangles are USGS 7.5 minute quads and the coordinates are UTM .
Mines in Buckingham County
Anaconda mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: N 4,165,950 E 729,000 (Zone 17) Anderson mine[ 3] Quadrangle: Andersonville
Location:N 4,149,050 E 715,050 (Zone 17) Apperson mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: N 4,160,830 E 724,830 (Zone 17) Bondurant mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Andersonville
Location:N 4,147,630 E 713,180 (Zone 17) Buckingham (Wiseman) mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: N 4,158,740 E 723,820 (Zone 17) Burnett (Staples) mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: N 4,160,010 E 724,400 (Zone 17) Copal (Kopall) mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Andersonville
Location: N 4,147,580 E 715,500 (Zone 17) Duncan mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: N 4,163,050 E 726,150 (Zone 17) Flood (James Anderson's) mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Andersonville
Location: N 4,146.340 E 712.190 (Zone 17) Ford mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Diana Mills
Location: N 4,174,840 E 730,820 (Zone 17) Gilliam mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Andersonville
Location: N 4,145,400 E 711,420 (Zone 17) Greelsy (Ayers) mine [ 3] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: N 4,162,120 E 730,510 (Zone 17) Hudgins mine [ 4] Quadrangle: Arvonia
Location: N 4,173,530 E 737,360 (Zone 17) Lightfoot (Cowan) mine [ 4] Quadrangle: Diana Mills
Location: N 4,175,860 E 731,370 (Zone 17) London and Virginia mine [ 4] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: N 4,418,860 E 723,980 (Zone 17) Morrow (Booker, Garnett, Moseley) mine [ 4] Quadrangle: Willis Mountain
Location: N 4,152,590 E 721,570 (Zone 17) Morton (Hobson) mine[ 4] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: N 4,166,920 E 728,800 (Zone 17) Philadelphia (Allen)mine [ 4] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location: Near the London and Virginia mine. Rough and Ready mine [ 4] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location:N 4,166,270 E 728,470 (Zone 17) Seay mine[ 4] Quadrangle: Willis Mountain
Location:N 4,152,770 E 721,350 (Zone 17) Williams mine [ 4] Quadrangle: Dillwyn
Location:N 4,158,070 E 723,130 (Zone 17) Willis Creek mine[ 4] Quadrangle: Andersonville
Location:N 4,146,230 E 710,500 (Zone 17) Mines with insufficient data
Piedmont mine [ 4] Walker mine [ 4]
Mines in Carroll County
Woodlawn mine [ 5] Quadrangle: Woodlawn
Location: N 4,063,540 E 515,020 (Zone 17)
Mines in Culpeper County
Childsburg (Childsbury) mine [ 6] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,255,260 E 263,870 (Zone 18) Cromarty mine [ 6] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,253,500 E 264,790 (Zone 18) Culpeper (Hempstead) mine [ 6] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,250,700 E 262,790 (Zone 18) Dry Bottom mine [ 6] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,251,940 E 265,010 (Zone 18) Eagle mine [ 6] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,251,530 E 263,720 (Zone 18) Ellis (Eley) mine [ 6] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,254,840 E 264,930 (Zone 18) Embrey (Embry, Embry and Brooks) mine [ 6] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,250,230 E 263,120 (Zone 18) Field's mine [ 6] Quadrangle: Germanna Bridge
Location: N 4,255,760 E 259,790 (Zone 18) Greeley Horace mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,251,330 E 263,520 (Zone 18) Hill mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Castleton
Location: N 4,265,890 E 760,320 (Zone 17) Love mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,251,560 E 263,060 (Zone 18) Milbank (Millbank) mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: East-northeast of Richardsville, south of the Rappahannock River . Morganna (Morgana) mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,255,490 E 266,300 (Zone 18) Ricardsville mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: Near Richardsville Rossin's (Rossin's Mountain) mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,252,260 E 262,600 (Zone 18) Smith mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,250,490 E 264,450 (Zone 18) Urquhart mine [ 7] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,254,490 E 264,450 (Zone 18) Mines that had insufficient data
Mines in Cumberland County
Dickey, C. S. mine [ 8] Quadrangle: Lakeside Village
Location: N 4,175,660 E 751,780 (Zone 17)
Mines in Fairfax County
Bull Neck (Kirk) mine [ 9] Quadrangle: Falls Church
Location: N 4,315,060 E 307,990 (Zone 18)
Mines in Fauquier County
Fauquier County's Gold Mining Museum at Monroe Park Archived 2006-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
Bancroft (Bancroff) mine (2 mines) [ 10] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,262,340 E 262,680 / N 4,261,490 E 263,260 (Zone 18) Cool Spring (Stringfellow) mine [ 10] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,260,180 E 266,920 (Zone 18) Embrey mine [ 10] Quadrangle: Midland
Location: N 4,264,900 E 264,190 (Zone 18) Emigold mine [ 10] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: Near Goldvein, Va Franklin (Deep Run) mine[ 10] Quadrangle: Midland
Location: 4,264,710 E 267,970 (Zone 18)
First mine in the county, opened in 1825. Gamewood mine [ 10] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,261,890 (Zone 18) Johnston mine [ 10] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,256,800 E 268,140 (Zone 18) Kelly (Kelley)mine [ 10] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,260,340 E 260,100 (Zone 18) Kidwell mine [ 11] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,258,130 E 260,830 (Zone 18) Kirk mine [ 11] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,264,060 E 267,680 (Zone 18) Liberty mine [ 11] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,259,310 E 266,380 (Zone 18) Liepold (Leopold, Stone) mine [ 11] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,263,940 E 263,970 (Zone 18) Little Elliot mine [ 11] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,260,450 E 266,450 (Zone 18) Pine View mine [ 11] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,259,640 E 265,380 (Zone 18) Pollard (Polland) mine [ 11] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,261,520 E 261,360 (Zone 18) Randolph (Sugar) mine [ 12] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,260,940 E 266,210 (Zone 18) Union mine [ 12] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,258,030 E 265,730 (Zone 18) Waterman mine [ 12] Quadrangle: Midland
Location: N 4,264,470 E 267,570 (Zone 18) Wykoff (Wycoff, Quartz) mine [ 12] Quadrangle: Richardsville
Location: N 4,263,020 E 266,640 (Zone 18)
Mines in Floyd County
Black Run mine [ 13] Quadrangle: Floyd
Location: About 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Floyd, in the stream bed of Black run (unable to locate), which empties into Little River, off the northwest side of State Highway 8. Brush Creek mine [ 13] Quadrangle: Pilot
Location: N 4,100,810 E 561,200 (Zone 17) Laurel Creek mine [ 13] Quadrangle: Pilot
Location: N 4,097,270 E 560,250 (Zone 17) McAlexander, Lester (Luster) mine [ 13] Quadrangle: Alum Ridge
Location: About 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Alum Ridge, just off the west side of State Road 617 approximately 0.75 miles (1.21 km) by road north of its intersection with State Highway 8.
Mines in Fluvanna County
Bartlett mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: About 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Columbia on Bartlett Branch, a tributary off the east side of Byrd Creek, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northwest of the intersection of Byrd Creek (at old Bowles bridge) with State Road 605. Bowles mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,194,540 E 755,890 (Zone 17) Cassell's mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: N 4,191,490 E 751,390 (Zone 17) Cocke mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: N 4,188,600 E 751,060 (Zone 17) Fountain mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: N 4,189,630 E 751,990 (Zone 17) Hughes mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Palmyra
Location: N 4,185,510 E 738,510 (Zone 17) Jennings mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,191,320 E 753,710 (Zone 17) Marks, Lemuel mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: N 4,190,560 E 752,960 (Zone 17) McGloam mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,193,320 E 754,840 (Zone 17) Mosby mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: N 4,190,110 E 752,590 (Zone 17) Page mine [ 14] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: N 4,192,390 E 743,960 (Zone 17)
Previous User contribution:(Believe this should be the "Long Island Mine", named after the Long Island Creek in Fluvanna where it was located. It was established by George Pace in the 1830s, and thus is also commonly called "the Pace Mine".) Prospect A [ 15] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,190,920 E 753,780 (Zone 17) Prospect B [ 15] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,190,420 E 753,680 (Zone 17) Scotia (Hodges vein) mine [ 15] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,190,740 E 754,090 (Zone 17) Scotia (Perkins, Telluruim Vein) mine [ 15] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,191,920 E 754,410 (Zone 17) Shaw (2 mines) mine [ 15] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,194,260 E 755,130 / N 4,195,130 E 755,150 (Zone 17) Snead mine [ 15] Quadrangle: Palmyra
Location: N 4,184,760 E 741,590 (Zone 17) Stockton Tunnel mine [ 15] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: N 4,193,840 E 744,450 (Zone 17) Tellurium mine [ 15] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,192,220 E 754,650 (Zone 17) Mines that had insufficient data
Mines in Goochland County
Atmore (Admore) mine [ 16] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,188,140 E 754,470 (Zone 17) Belzord (Belzora, Belzow) mine [ 16] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,188,850 E 756,170 (Zone 17) Benton mine [ 16] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,194,810 E 758,690 (Zone 17) Bertha and Edith (2 mines) mine [ 16] Quadrangle: Caledonia / Columbia
Location: N 4,185,880 E 753,100 / N 4,187,300 E 753,100 (Zone 17) Big Bird mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,188,670 E 756,130 (Zone 17) Bowles (Boles) mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,192,580 E 755,360 (Zone 17) Busby (Busbee, Groom) mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,193,110 E 756,980 (Zone 17) Chatlier mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,191,720 E 754,900 (Zone 17) Collins mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,189,130 E 757,160 (Zone 17)
the first gold mine in Goochland county Dillard mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: About 2.65 miles (4.26 km) northeast of Columbia, along the west side of Byrd Creek, 0.55 miles (0.89 km) north of State Road 667 from a point approximately 0.35 miles (0.56 km) by State Road 667 west of its crossing over Byrd Creek. Duke mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,188,670 E 755,580 (Zone 17) Eades mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,188,670 E 756,130 (Zone 17) Fisher mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,191,260 E 755,750 (Zone 17) Fleming (Hodge's) mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,194,730 E 759,000 (Zone 17) Goochland mine [ 17] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: Around the headwaters of Little Byrd Creek. Grannison (2 mines) mine [ 18] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,189,060 E 754,030 / N 4,188,690 E 754,520 (Zone 17) Johnson, David mine [ 18] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,190,000 E 756,490 (Zone 17) Kent (2 mines) mine [ 18] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,187,970 E 753,750 / N 4,187,600 E 753,750 (Zone 17) Laury mine [ 18] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,188,670 E 756,130 (Zone 17) Marks, Lancelot mine [ 18] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,188,670 E 756,130 (Zone 17) Massachusetts mine [ 18] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: Within 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of the Terllurium mine. Morgan (Robert Hughes) mine [ 18] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,189,370 E 755,920 (Zone 17) Moss mine [ 18] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,192,720 E 756,450 (Zone 17) Omohundro mine [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,190,320 E 756,260 (Zone 17) Payne mine [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,193,690 E 757,620 (Zone 17) Prospect A [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,193,280 E 756,590 (Zone 17) Prospect B [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,193,100 E 756,280 (Zone 17) Prospect C [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,192,250 E 755,480 (Zone 17) Pryor (Pryer) mine [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,192,230 E 757,230 (Zone 17) Ruth [ 19] Quadrangle: Columbia
Location: About 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northeast of Columbia, along and on both sides of a stream flowing southward and near its confluence with Byrd Creek, about 0.65 miles (1.05 km) north of State Road 667 from a point approximately 0.35 miles (0.56 km) by road west of its crossing over Byrd Creek. Shannon Hill mine [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,195,680 E 760,100 (Zone 17) Tellurium (Fisher, Hughes, Red) mine [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,192,420 E 755,030 (Zone 17)
where it is believed that the first stamp mill in the U.S. operated Thompson, John mine [ 19] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,189,530 E 756,340 (Zone 17) Toler mine [ 20] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,188,720 E 755,900 (Zone 17) Waller mine [ 20] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,193,910 E 759,090 (Zone 17) Young American (Gilmer, Gilmore) (2 mines) mine [ 20] Quadrangle: Caledonia
Location: N 4,190,010 E 756,240 / N 4,189,900 E 756,010 (Zone 17) Mines that had insufficient data
Mines in Halifax County
Luce and Howard (Howard, Tallyhill) mine [ 21] Quadrangle: Nelson
Location: N 4,052,860 E 701,730 (Zone 17) Poole and Harris (Pool) mine [ 21] Quadrangle: Nelson
Location: N 4,050,120 E 701,770 (Zone 17) Red Bank (Goldbank) mine [ 21] Quadrangle: Nelson
Location: N 4,052,590 E 701,700 (Zone 17)
Mines in Loudoun County
Loudoun mine [ 22] Quadrangle: Harpers Ferry
Location: About 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north-northwest of Lovettsville, on the right bank of Dutchman Creek where it empties into the Potomac River.
Mines in Louisa County
Allah Cooper (Ali Cooper, Valcooper, Alley-Cooper) mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Lake Anna West
Location: N 4,217,670 E 249,180 (Zone 18) Belden mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,211,570 E 249,180 (Zone 18) Bibb mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,210,130 E 246,440 (Zone 18) Boxley's mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Lake Anna West
Location: About 5.4 miles (8.7 km) northeast of Mineral, just north of and now in the flooded area of Contrary Creek, just west of its intersection with State Road 652. Chick mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,210,880 E 246,880 (Zone 18) Cooper mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,213,140 E 245,430 (Zone 18) Harris mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,210,310 E 246,560 (Zone 18) Jenkins mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Lake Anna West
Location: N 4,216,520 E 248,960 (Zone 18) Lett mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,212,080 E 244,880 (Zone 18) Louisa mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,207,490 E 245,280 (Zone 18) Luce mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,208,410 E 245,260 (Zone 18) MacDonald mine [ 23] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,209,180 E 242,560 (Zone 18) Morriston mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,210,720 E 246,800 (Zone 18) New Luce mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,209,020 E 245,670 (Zone 18) Proffit mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,206,950 E 243,670 (Zone 18) Ricswan mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,207,690 E 244,490 (Zone 18) Slate Hill mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,207,930 E 244,740 (Zone 18) Stockton mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,210,780 E 246,780 (Zone 18) Thomasson's mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,205,840 E 242,640 (Zone 18) Tinder (Tinder Flats) mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Lake Anne West
Location: N 4,216,660 E 248,020 (Zone 18) Triple Fork mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: About 1.15 miles (1.85 km) north of mineral, 0.525 miles (0.845 km) off the northwest side od US.S. Highway 522 approximately 0.675 miles (1.086 km) bt road northeast of its intersection with State Road 667. Twin Vein mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: About 2.0 to 3.0 miles (3.2 to 4.8 km) southwest of Mineral; according to the Spotsylvania County Deed Books, the mine is located on the old R.E. Dolan property known as the Louisa Gold Company Land tract comprising 766 arces, which includes the Waddy tract and the 104-acre (0.42 km2 ) Waldorf tract; near the property of Lewis Thomasson on and along the old Richmond Road (U.S. Highway 33) Walnut Grove mine [ 24] Quadrangle: Pendleton
Location: N 4,205,640 E 242,480 (Zone 18) Walton mine [ 25] Quadrangle: Mineral
Location: N 4,212,810 E 245,180 (Zone 18) Warren Hill mine [ 25] Quadrangle: -
Location: On the "Fisher Lode" Mines by another user contributions
Armenious mine, located somewhere near Mineral, location uncertainDolan mineHemmer mine, located about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of MineralHunter prospect, located about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) NW of Mineral south of SR-22Josh mine, located about 1-mile (1.6 km) SW of Yanceyville
Mines in Montgomery County
Brush Creek mine [ 26] Quadrangle: Pilot
Location: N 4,100,370 E 560,420 (Zone 17)
Mines in Orange County
Ambler mine [ 27] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,244,510 E 260,150 (Zone 18) Dickey mine [ 27] Quadrangle: Mine Run
Location: N 4,240,540 E 249,650 (Zone 18) Gordon's, H (2 mines) mine [ 27] Quadrangle: -
Location: N 4,247,870 E 258,640 / N 4,247,540 E 258,480 (Zone 18) Grasty mine [ 27] Quadrangle: Mine Run
Location: N 4,240,470 E 249,470 (Zone 18) Greenwood (Laird) mine [ 27] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,247,180 E 261,930 (Zone 18) Jones mine [ 27] Quadrangle: Mine Run
Location: N 4,248,500 E 254,140 (Zone 18) Melville (Rapidan) mine [ 27] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,249,140 E 261,930 (Zone 18) Old Tinder mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Mine Run
Location: N 4,240,350 E 249,370 (Zone 18) Orange Grove mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Mine Run
Location: N 4,246,420 E 258,070 (Zone 18) Partridge mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,248,830 E 259,860 (Zone 18) Prospect A mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,244,790 E 260,390 (Zone 18) Saunders (2 mines) mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Lahore
Location: N 4,235,290 E 245,470 (Zone 18) Seldon mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Lahore
Location: N 4,235,330 E 248,270 (Zone 18) Somerville mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: Just west of Wilderness. Stuart mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Lahore
Location: N 4,234,870 E 242,930 (Zone 18) Vaucluse (Grimes, Grymes)(2 mines) mine [ 28] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,248,390 E 261,560 / N 4,248,220 E 261,430 / N 4,248,110 E 261,390 (Zone 18) Wilderness mine [ 29] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,246,430 E 261,240 (Zone 18) Woodman mine [ 29] Quadrangle: Mine Run
Location: Lower Orange County Woodville mine [ 29] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,246,140 E 260,630 (Zone 18) Young mine [ 29] Quadrangle: Lahore
Location: N 4,234,670 E 245,020 (Zone 18)
Mines with insufficient data
Mines in Patrick County
Polebridge Creek mine [ 30] Quadrangle: Patrick Springs
Location: N 4,064,570 E 576,340 (Zone 17)
Mines in Prince William County
Cabin Branch (Dumfries) mine [ 31] Quadrangle: Patrick Springs
Location: N 4,271,980 E 295,420 (Zone 18) Crawford (Neabsco Creek) mine [ 31] Quadrangle: Quantico
Location: N 4,277,360 E 299,620 (Zone 18) Greenwood Gold Mine [ 31] Quadrangle: Independent Hill
Location: N 4,278,360 E 288,260 (Zone 18)
Mines in Spotsylvania County
Anderson's mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: About 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Parker, probably on Robertson Run, 3 to 4 miles (4.8 to 6.4 km) west of the Old Shady Grove church. Beazley mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,236,840 E 258,660 (Zone 18) Bell mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,246,140 E 274,320 (Zone 18) Brinton mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,248,350 E 269,930 (Zone 18) Faws Tract mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: About 14.0 miles (22.5 km) west of Fredericksburg, near the old Wilderness Tavern, southwest of the Greenwood mine. Furnace mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,240,960 E 267,950 (Zone 18) Gardiner mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,245,730 E 271,870 (Zone 18) Goodwyn (Goodwins, Pocahontas) mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,244,820 E 254,030 (Zone 18) Grindstone Hill mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,230,790 E 257,780 (Zone 18) Higgins (Huggin's) mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Brokenburg
Location: On Upper Po River, near the Whitehall mine. Horde mine [ 32] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: Near the United States Ford at confluence of Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers. Hunting Run mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,246,630 E 267,790 (Zone 18) Johnston's (Johnston) mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,229,740 E 258,440 (Zone 18) Julian mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: Tract lies near southwest bank of the Rappahannock River. Knapp (New Dominion) mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,224,810 E 254,260 (Zone 18) Marsden mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville Location: N 4,240,150 E 262,150 (Zone 18)
Mitchell (Old Dominion, Emily) mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,228,700 E 256,340 (Zone 18) Mott mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,244,630 E 275,710 (Zone 18) New Grindstone mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,231,210 E 256,780 (Zone 18) Powell's (Powells, Jerdones) mine [ 33] Quadrangle: Brokenburg
Location: N 4,232,270 E 259,440 (Zone 18) Prospect A [ 33] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,243,350 E 266,790 (Zone 18) Prospect B [ 33] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,230,750 E 256,550 (Zone 18) Quaker mine [ 34] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: N 4,238,590 E 265,430 (Zone 18) Ramsey mine [ 34] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,246,850 E 274,860 (Zone 18) Randolph mine [ 34] Quadrangle: Brokenburg
Location: N 4,236,570 E 261,310 (Zone 18) Rawlings mine [ 34] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,231,450 E 257,010 (Zone 18) Roney mine [ 34] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,232,650 E 258,130 (Zone 18) Smith mine [ 34] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,245,370 E 273,670 (Zone 18) Starrs (Stajar's Stairs) mine [ 34] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,225,110 E 254,060 (Zone 18) Trigg mine [ 34] Quadrangle: Chancellorsville
Location: Near Brockville (now Bockroad), According to Spotsylvania County Deed books, the old mine is located near Stephens Station on the south side of the Old Potomac, Piedmont and Fredericksburg Railway; a tract of approximately 158 acres (0.64 km2 ) bounded by lands of Oscar Todd, George Rowe Welford and Alexander B. Hawkins. UNITED STATES (Welford) mine [ 34] [ 35] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,248,480 E 270,940 (Zone 18) Valzinco (Halladay, Holloday) mine [ 36] Quadrangle: Belmont
Location: N 4,228,850 E 254,940 (Zone 18) Whitehall mine [ 36] Quadrangle: Brokenburg
Location: N 4,235,680 E 260,320 (Zone 18) Mines with insufficient data
Donnings mine [ 32] Gold Flat mine [ 32] Marshall mine [ 33] Pulliam (Pullman) mine [ 34] Quisenberry mine [ 34] Spotsylvania mine [ 34]
Mines in Stafford County
Eagle (Rappahannock, Smith, Morgan and Rappahannock) mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,249,440 E 272,560 (Zone 18) Elliot Farm mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,250,400 E 272,290 (Zone 18) Horse Pen (Horse Pin, Hospen, Rattlesnake) (2 mines) mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,248,860 E 274,170 / N 4,248,750 E 274,020 (Zone 18) Lee mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,249,290 E 275,130 (Zone 18) MacDonald mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,249,720 E 274,280 (Zone 18) Monroe mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,250,370 E 271,960 (Zone 18) New Hope (Newhope) mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Storck
Location: N 4,252,240 E 276,060 (Zone 18) Pris-King (2 shafts) mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,250,140 E 273,160 / N 4,250,000 E 273,090 (Zone 18) Prospect A [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,249,830 E 272,920 (Zone 18) Wiseman mine [ 37] Quadrangle: Salem Church
Location: N 4,247,920 E 273,240 (Zone 18) Mines with insufficient data
Mines in Warren County
Gooney-Manor mine [ 38] Quadrangle: Front Royal
Location: N 4,307,220 E 739,340 (Zone 17)
References
^ Green, Fletcher (October 1937). "Gold Mining in Ante-Bellum Virginia". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography . 45 (4): 363, 366. ^ "History of Gold Mining in the US" . miningeducation.com . Technology Industry Of Gold Mining. Retrieved 28 January 2017 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 7
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^ Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 9
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^ a b c d e f g h i j Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 12
^ Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 13
^ Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 14
^ a b c d e f g h Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 16
^ a b c d e f g Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 17
^ a b c d Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 18
^ a b c d Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 20
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^ a b c d e f g h Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 23
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 26
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 27
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 28
^ a b c d e Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 29
^ a b c Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 31
^ Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 32
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 34
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 35
^ a b Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 36
^ Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 37
^ a b c d e f g Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 39
^ a b c d e f g h i j Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 40
^ a b c d Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 41
^ Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 42
^ a b c Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 44
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 47
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 48
^ Likely also known as U.S. Gold Mine, From http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Spotsylvania/088-0137_Rapidan_Dam_Canal_of_the_Rappahannock_Navigation_1973_Final_Nomination.pdf
^ a b Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 49
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^ Sweet, Palmer C., Gold in Virginia, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 19, pg. 52
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