Mine detail: Spring Creek Occurrence

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Location: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.21673, -78.54973
dep_id: 10080107
mrds_id: W031186
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Garnet, Goethite, Kaolin, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Pegmatite Dike
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Faults?
tectonic: Piedmont
References:
  • Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1970, MINERALS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE RESEARCH DIVISION BULLETIN 47, WILLIAMS PRINTING CO., RICHMOND, VA., 325 P.
  • Deposit:: MITCHELL, R.S., AND ZULKIEWICZ, R.J., 1970, VIRGINIA METAMICT MINERALS: PYROCHLORE-MICROLITE SERIES, SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, VOL. 11, NO. 3, PP. 173-185.
  • Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1962, RADIOACTIVE COLUMBITE, THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 47, PP. 1363-1379.
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