Mine detail: Little Friar Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Massie Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.76673, -79.09975

Resource(B)

Primary: REE
Secondary: Feldspar, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Ore: Allanite, Fergusonite, Microcline
Gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Feldspar, Hornblende, Hypersthene, Magnetite, Quartz, Zircon
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Pedlar Formation (Va. Blue Ridge Complex)
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Faults
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW031180
DEP10080104
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: 1) PEGAU (1932); 2) MALLET (1877)}{Deposit:: PEGAU, A.A., 1932, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 33, 123 P.}{Deposit:: MALLET, J.W., ON SIPYLITE, A NEW NIOBATE FROM AMHERST COUNTY, VIRGINIA: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 3D SERIES, VOL. 14, P. 397, 1877.}{Deposit:: MITCHELL, R.S., 1966, VIRGINIA METAMICT MINERALS: ALLANITE; SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, VOL. 7, NO. 4, PP. 183-195.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, STONE, AND SANFORD, 1917, USEFUL MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 624, 412 P.}{Deposit:: 1925? DIREXPL JOHN CAMPBELL-MINED ALLANITE}{Deposit:: MITCHELL, R.S., 1966, VIRGINIA METAMICT MINERALS: X-RAY STUDY OF FERGUSONITE, SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, VOL. 8, NO. 3, PP. 145-153. WATSON AND TABER, 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE TITANIUM AND APATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3-A, 308 P.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)