Mine detail: Gillespy Prospect

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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  • Deposit:: MOORE, C. H., JR., 1940, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMHERST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.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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