Mine detail: Herbb No. 2 Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.55589, -77.78193

Resource(B)

Primary: Beryllium
Secondary: Mica, Feldspar, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Ore: Albite, Beryl, Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1944

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1944

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation Gneiss And Schist
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Faults?
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW031184
DEP10080106
Reference{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:: BROWN, W.R., 1962, MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 3, 195 P.}{Deposit:: GIANNINI, W.F. AND PENICK, D.A., JR., 1983, LARGE GEM TOPAZ CRYSTAL DISCOVERY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 29, NO. 1, P. 1-3.}{Deposit:: WISE, M.A. AND CHERNY, P., 1987, FIRST U.S. OCCURRENCE OF WODZINITE FROM POWHATAN COUNTY, VIRGINIA: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 69, NOS. 7 AND 8, P. 807-809.}{Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL COLONIAL HOMES, INC. - CUT TRENCHES, MINE}{Production:: GRIFFITTS, ETAL, (1953)}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)