Mine detail: Wheatley Mine

Previously called 'Moneta MineBig Hicks MineWheatly Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.17507, -79.59754

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Mica
Ore: Albite, Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite, Garnet, Quartz, Thulite, Zoisite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1923

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1923

Geology

Host rock:Moneta Gneiss
Host type:Hornblendite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Faults Of Small Displacement
Tectonic:Piedmont

References

MRDSW031182
DEP10100236
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: PEGAU (1932)}{Deposit:: GRIFFITTS, JAHNS, AND LEMKE, 1953, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, PART 4, OUTLYING DEPOSITS IN VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 248-C, PP. 171-202}{Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1962, MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 3, 195 P.}{Deposit:: PEGAU, A.A., 1932, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 33, 123 P.}{Deposit:: 1923 DIREXPL MONETA MINING AND MILLING CO. - MINED}{Deposit:: 1925? DIREXPL SEABOARD FELDSPAR CO. - MINED}{Deposit:: 1941 DIREXPL CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR CORP. - MINED}{Production:: GRIFFITTS, ET AL, (1953)}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)