Location: | Amherst County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.61089, -79.14419 |
dep_id: | 10093818 |
mrds_id: | W031191 |
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: | Apatite, Ilmenite |
gangue: | Graphite, Limonite |
orebody_fm: | LINEAR |
Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
hrock_unit: | Nelsonite Dike;Altered Lovingston Formation |
hrock_type: | Gneiss |
arock_unit: | Nelsonite Dike;Altered Lovingston Formation |
arock_type: | Gneiss |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
tectonic: | Orogen |
disc_yr: | 1938 |
discr: | C. H. Moore, Jr. |
References: |
- Deposit:: MOORE, C. H., JR., 1940, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMHERST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
- Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP C. H. MOORE, JR.: DISCOVERED DEPOSI
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