Mine detail: Naylor-Bruce Prospect

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Location:	Albemarle County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.20116, -78.59751
dep_id:	10096556
mrds_id:	W031216
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Graphite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Graphite
gangue:	Andesine, Biotite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
Reporter:	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit:	Layered Granulite Gneiss
hrock_type:	Gneiss
arock_unit:	Metaandesite Dike;Metabasalt (Diabase) Dike
arock_type:	Diabase,Andesite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Overturned Syncline Trending N-S Lies About 650 M West Of The Mine. Granolite Strikes N 60 Deg. E And Dips 80 Deg Se.
tectonic:	Piedmont
disc_yr:	1906
References:	Deposit:: NELSON, W.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, 92 P. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1906, THE NAYLOR-BRUCE GRAPHITE COMPANY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE: V. 81, P. 768. Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1914, GRAPHITE, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1913, PART II-NONMETALS: P. 181-251. Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1917, GRAPHITE, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1915, PART II-NONMETALS: P. 81-93. Deposit:: TYLER, P.M., 1929, GRAPHITE, PART II-DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN DEPOSITS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6122, 25 P. Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL NAYLOR BRUCE GRAPHITE CO.: UNKNOWN RESULTS Deposit:: 1915 DIREXPL C.H. HURKAMP: PROSPECTING WAS PERFORMED BUT IT WAS NOT CARRIED FAR ENOUGH TO DETERMINE IF THE REMAINING ORE IS WORKABLE.