Mine detail: Naylor-Bruce Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.20116, -78.59751

Resource(N)

Primary: Graphite
Ore: Graphite
Gangue: Andesine, Biotite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1906

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Layered Granulite Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Metaandesite Dike;Metabasalt (Diabase) Dike
Associated 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

References

MRDSW031216
DEP10096556
Reference{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.}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)