| Location: | Buckingham County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.47395, -78.46445 |
| dep_id: | 10069811 |
| mrds_id: | W007514 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Kyanite |
| Minor mineral: | Sand and Gravel, Construction |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Metamorphic |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Kyanite, Quartzite |
| gangue: | Biotite, Feldspar, Hematite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Topaz |
| orebody_fm: | LENS |
| conc_proc: | Metamorphism Of Argillaceous Sandstone |
| Reporter: | Espenshade, Gilbert H., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Chopawamsic Formation |
| hrock_type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Whispering Creek Anticline, Syncline |
| tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Year first produced: | 1957 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960, KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 336., 121 P.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, S.S., 1967, VIRGINI* CONTRIBUTION TO THE KYANITE-MULLITE INDUSTRY: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V.13, NO.1, P. 1-7
- Deposit:: JONAS, A.I. AND WATKINS, J.H., 1932, KYANITE IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 38, 52 P.
- Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL USBURMINES, DDH, SAMPLES
- Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL KYANITE MINING CORP.: BEGAN MINING.
- Production:: JOHNSON (1967)
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