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recovery. The mine was a significant source of mercury pollution on
Quantico Creek, and has since undergone complete reclamation including the sealing of mine shaft(s), soil removal and/or decontamination, and removal of obvious tailings. The area of the former mine is also monitored by an array of
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Bristow Roads in the far northwestern area of the park. The site is situated along the Virginia Gold-Pyrite belt, which runs from northeast to southwest primarily through the counties of Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Buckingham, Culpeper,
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As of 2010, the only visible evidence of the mine are a few depressions in the soil. Engineered drainage structures from the reclamation efforts are visible. No intact structures or equipment remain. The
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for a few years before closing in 1885. It was one of two known gold mines in Prince
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maintains two active monitoring wells downstream of the mine site on the South Fork of the
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175:Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR)
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236:Geography of Prince William County, Virginia
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177:36 CFR §2.1, Retrieved July 8, 2021
251:1885 disestablishments in Virginia
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129:NPS History - Greenwood Gold Mine
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109:U.S. Geological Survey
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