GOLD LOCATIONS
IN VIRGINIA

Virginia was one of the first gold producing states. the earliest printed reference to gold was when Thomas Jefferson reported on a 4 pound rock that contained 17 dwt. of gold. The rock was found on the north side of the Rappahannock River about 4 miles below the falls. Most of the gold bearing area lies just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a belt that is about 15 miles wide and 200 miles long. The total amount of gold produced in Virginia was around 170,000 ounces.

• Buckingham County
• Carroll County
• Culpeper County
• Cumberland County
• Fairfax County
• Fauquier County
• Floyd County
• Fluvanna County
• Goochland County
• Halifax County
• Louisa County
• Montgomery County
• Orange County
• Patrick County
• Prince William County
• Spotsylvania County
• Stafford County
• Warren County
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