Bull Neck Mine (Kirk Mine; Bull Neck Run Mine; Virginia Mines Inc. Mine), Bull Neck Run, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA
Latitude: 39°0'N
Longitude: 77°18'W
Ref.: Rocks & Min.: 11: 26, 43 & 121; 14:299. A gold mine located above Great Falls (of the Potomac River) on Bull Neck Run (stream), about 10 miles South of Washington, D.C. Owned by William Kirk.
A gold mine located on Bull Neck Run (stream). Started November, 1937 by Virginia Mines, Inc. Produced 10 to 15 tons ore/day. Workings were at least 100 feet (32 meters) deep.
Deposit:: SWEET, P C, 1980, GOLD IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 19, 77 P.
Deposit:: ULKE, T, 1937, NOTES ON A NEW GOLD MINE AND FLOTATION MILL NEAR WASHINGTON, D C: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V 12, P 371
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