Mine detail: Buffalo River Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

37.6645, -79.17253

Resource(B)

Primary:	Titanium, Metal, Mineral Pigments
Secondary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore:	Apatite, Ilmenite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Chlorite, Garnet, Magnetite
Orebody form:	LINEAR (LENS)
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Nelsonite Dike;Altered Lovingston Formation
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Nelsonite Dike;Altered Lovingston Formation
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Highly Sheared Zone Located About 400 M. To Nw.
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W031189
DEP	10080111
Reference	{Deposit:: MOORE, C. H., JR., 1940, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMHERST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.}{Deposit:: MOORE, C. H., JR., 1940, ORIGIN OF THE NELSONITE DIKES OF AMHERST COUNTY, VIRGINIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 35, NO. 5., P. 629-645.}{Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP C. H. MOORE, JR.: DISCOVERED DEPOSIT}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)