Mine detail: Mitchell Mine

Previously called 'Hottinger Mine'

Location:	Bedford County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.27173, -79.43865
dep_id:	10080105
mrds_id:	W031181
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Feldspar
Minor mineral:	Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Plagioclase, Pyrite
gangue:	Biotite, Garnet, Muscovite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
work_type:	Surface
ore_ctrl:	Pegmatite Dike
Reporter:	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit:	Moneta Gneiss
hrock_type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Faults
tectonic:	Piedmont
Year first produced:	1928
disc_yr:	1928
discr:	Clinchfield Sand And Feldspar Co.
References:	Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1962, MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 3, 195 P. Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1970, MINERALS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, RESEARCH DIVISION BULLETIN 47, 325 P. Deposit:: GRIFFITTS, JAHNS, AND LEMKE, 1953, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, PART 4. OUTLYING DEPOSITS IN VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 248-C, PP. 171-202. Deposit:: PEGAU, A.A., 1932, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 33, 123 P. Deposit:: DEAR, P.S., MATHEWS, A.L., AND WHITTEMORE, J.W., 1938, AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME VIRGINIA FELDSPARS: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES, BULLETIN 35, 48 P. Deposit:: 1928 DIREXPL CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR CO.-MINED FELDSPAR Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL CAROLINA MINERAL CO.-MINED FELDSPAR Deposit:: 1955 DIREXPL CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR CO.-MINED FELDSPAR Production:: DEAR, ETAL, (1938)