Mine detail: Woods Mountain Kyn Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

37.38562, -78.5764

Resource(N)

Primary:	Kyanite
Ore:	Kyanite
Gangue:	Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Whispering Creek Anticline, Recumbent Isoclinal Anticline Folded Into Minor Anticlines And Synclines That Plunge 15-20 Deg Ne
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W007515
DEP	10069812
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:: JONAS, A.I. AND WATKINS, J.H., 1932, KYANITE IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOL. SURV. BULL. 38, 52 P.}
Reporter	Espenshade, Gilbert H., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)