| Location: | Hanover County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.77172, -77.71164 |
| dep_id: | 10068333 |
| mrds_id: | W001336 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Feldspar |
| Minor mineral: | Titanium, Metal, Mineral Pigments |
| Trace mineral: | Zirconium, Kaolin |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Albite, Illite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Microcline, Rutile, Zircon |
| gangue: | Biotite, Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite |
| alteration: | Early Ti Ore Derived From Saprolite. |
| Reporter: | Force, Eric R., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Pegmatite;State Farm Gneiss |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss,Pegmatite |
| arock_unit: | Pegmatite |
| arock_type: | Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Dome |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1957 |
| disc_yr: | 1910 |
| discr: | August Meyer (?) |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: JOHNSON, S.S., & TYRRELL, M.E., 1967, ANALYSES OF CLAY AND RELATED MATERIALS - EASTERN COUNTIES: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REP. 8, P. 78
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1958, VIRGINIA HEAVY MINERALS PLANT OPENS: V. 159, NO. 1, P. 94-95.
- Deposit:: FEITLER, S.A., 1967, FELDSPAR RESOURCES AND MARKETING IN EASTERN UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8310, 41 P.
- Deposit:: VIRGINIA MINERALS, 1958, NEW TITANIUM PLANT: V.4, NO.1, P. 1-7.
- Deposit:: WATSON, T.L. AND TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE TITANIUM AND APATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3-A, 130 P.
- Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL A. MEYER: CONDUCTED PROSPECTING.
- Deposit:: 1910 RECON F.L. HESS: DESCRIBED DEPOSITS.
- Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL METAL & THERMIT CORP.: OPENED SURFACE MINE FOR RUTILE & ILMENITE.
- Deposit:: 1960 DIREXPL METAL & THERMIT CORP.: BEGAN APLITE PRODUCTION.
- Production:: ENG. & MNG. JOUR. (1958)
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