Mine detail: Johnson Prospect

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Location:	Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.81727, -78.93891
dep_id:	10080119
mrds_id:	W031199
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Titanium, Metal, Mineral Pigments
Minor mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Ilmenite
gangue:	Feldspar, Magnetite, Mica, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
conc_proc:	Magmatic Differentiation
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
arock_unit:	Nelsonite Dike;Border Gneiss;Lovingston Formation (Mylonitic Gneiss)
arock_type:	Gneiss,Amphibolite,Granite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic:	Orogen
disc_yr:	1889
References:	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HILLHOUSE, D.N., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PINEY RIVER-ROSELAND TITANIUM AREA, NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.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.