Mine detail: Montpelier Mine

Previously called 'Bowe Farm Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.77172, -77.71164

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Titanium, Metal, Mineral Pigments
Tertiary: Zirconium, Kaolin
Ore: Albite, Illite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Microcline, Rutile, Zircon
Gangue: Biotite, Garnet, Hornblende, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year: 1910

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1957

Geology

Host rock:Pegmatite;State Farm Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss,Pegmatite
Associated rock:Pegmatite
Associated type:Pegmatite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Dome
Tectonic:Piedmont
Alteration processes:Early Ti Ore Derived From Saprolite.

References

MRDSW001336
DEP10068333
Reference{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)}
ReporterForce, Eric R., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)