Mine detail: Johnson Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.81727, -78.93891

Resource(B)

Primary: Titanium, Metal, Mineral Pigments
Secondary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Ilmenite
Gangue: Feldspar, Magnetite, Mica, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1889

Production

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

Geology

Associated rock:Nelsonite Dike;Border Gneiss;Lovingston Formation (Mylonitic Gneiss)
Associated type:Gneiss,Amphibolite,Granite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW031199
DEP10080119
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: FISH AND SWANSON, 1964.}{Deposit:: FISH, G.E., JR., AND SWANSON, V.F., 1964, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VA. (IN TWO PARTS), 2. NELSONITE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6429, 25 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HILLHOUSE, D.N., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PINEY RIVER-ROSELAND TITANIUM AREA, NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L. AND TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE TITANIUM AND APATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3-A, 308 P.}{Deposit:: 1889 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO.: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY PROSPECTING.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL DIAMOND DRILLING CONDUCTED.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)