| Location: | Amherst County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.70867, -79.07031 |
| dep_id: | 10080110 |
| mrds_id: | W031188 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Titanium, Metal, Mineral Pigments |
| Minor mineral: | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Apatite, Ilmenite, Rutile |
| gangue: | Actinolite, Andesine, Biotite, Chlorite, Hypersthene, Magnetite, Oligoclase |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| conc_proc: | Replacement (Titanium Mineralization Post-Emplacement) |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
| hrock_type: | Anorthosite,Granite |
| arock_unit: | Roseland Anorthosite;Layered Granulite Gneiss |
| arock_type: | Anorthosite,Granite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| tectonic: | Orogen |
| Year first produced: | 1958 |
| disc_yr: | 1953 |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: FISH (1962)
- Deposit:: CRAVEN, C.E., 1959, CONCENTRATION OF SAPROLITIC ILMENITE ORES AT PINEY RIVER: UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF 1 OCT 1959, AMERICAN CYANAMID CO., PIGMENTS DIVISION, PINEY RIVER, VA.
- Deposit:: FISH, G.E., JR., 1962, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VA., (IN TWO PARTS), 1. SAPROLITE ORES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6094, 44 P.
- Deposit:: HERZ, N., 1969, THE ROSELAND ALKALIC ANORTHOSITE MASSIF, VIRGINIA, IN ISACHSEN, Y.W. (ED), ORIGIN OF ANORTHOSITE AND RELATED ROCKS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE SERVICE, MEMOIR 18, P. 357-367.
- Deposit:: HILLHOUSE, D.N., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PINEY RIVER-ROSELAND TITANIUM AREA, NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.
- Deposit:: 1953 GEOPHYS AERIAL MAGNETOMETER SURVEY DETECTED ANOMALY.
- Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES: CONDUCTED MAGNETOMETER SURVEY AND DRILLING PROGRAM.
- Deposit:: 1958 DIREXPL AMER. CYANAMID CO.: CONDUCTED MAGNETOMETER SURVEY AND DRILLING PROGRAM.
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