Mine detail: Baker Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.20367, -78.65056

Resource(N)

Primary: Kyanite
Secondary: Sand and Gravel, Construction
Ore: Kyanite, Quartzite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite, Garnet, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1922

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Whispering Creek Anticline
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW007516
DEP10089018
Reference{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960, KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 336., 121 P.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, S.S., 1967, VIRGINI* CONTRIBUTION TO THE KYANITE-MULLITE INDUSTRY: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V.13, NO.1, P. 1-7.}{Deposit:: JONAS, A.I. AND WATKINS, J.H., 1932, KYANITE IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 38, 52 P.}{Deposit:: 1922 DIREXPL MCLANAHAN-WATKINS CO.: BEGAN MINING.}{Deposit:: 1936 DIREXPL PHOSPHATE RECOVERY CORP.: RE-COMMENCED MINING OPERATIONS.}{Deposit:: 1979 OTHER KYANITE MINING CORP.: CEASED MINING OPERATIONS.}
ReporterEspenshade, Gilbert H., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)