Mine detail: Willis Mountain Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.47395, -78.46445

Resource(N)

Primary:	Kyanite
Secondary:	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Ore:	Kyanite, Quartzite
Gangue:	Biotite, Feldspar, Hematite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Topaz
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Whispering Creek Anticline, Syncline
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W007514
DEP	10069811
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Espenshade, Gilbert H., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)