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Historic gold producers in Fauquier County (USGS)

USGS records 23 historic gold producers in Fauquier County: 23 past producers and 0 listed as producers or plants. For 15 of them USGS gives an output size (15 small). The most common deposit type is low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (14 sites).

Show the 23 sites

Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Franklin Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver, Copper, Selenium	from 1825
Union Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1833
Liberty Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1834
Wykoff Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite	from 1854
Cool Spring Prospect	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1875
Bancroft Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1876
Embrey Mine	Past producer	small	Gold, Silver	from 1877
Kidwell Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1877
Waterman Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1877
Liepold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1887
Emigold Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	from 1912
Kelly Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Kirk Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	found 1885
Little Elliot Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Randolph Mine	Past producer	small	Gold	n/a
Bancroft Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Franklin Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kelly Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Kidwell Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Liberty Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Little Elliot Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Randolph Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a
Waterman Mine	Past producer	n/a	Gold	n/a

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. Sites already matched to an MSHA record are shown in the MSHA tables.

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