Mine detail: Morefield Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.36006, -77.91391

Resource(B)

Tertiary: Beryllium, Feldspar, Gemstone, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Tin
Other material: Amazonstone, Beryl, Cassiterite, Columbite, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Tantalite
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Producer

Geology

References

MAS510070002
DEP10300841
Reference{Reserve-Resource:: BROWN, W.R. MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA. VA.}{Reserve-Resource:: DIV. OF MIN. RESOURCES REPT. 3, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.,}{Reserve-Resource:: 1962, PP. 59-60, 61-94.}{Reserve-Resource:: KILTEEN, P.L. AND W.L. NEWMAN. TIN IN THE UNITED STATES.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-44, USGS,}{Reserve-Resource:: WASHINGTON, D.C., 1965.}{Reserve-Resource:: NITZE, H.B. MONAZITE, AND MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH}{Reserve-Resource:: CAROLINA. N.C. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 9, 1895, P. 25.}{Reserve-Resource:: PEGAU, A.A. PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA. VA. STATE}{Reserve-Resource:: GEOL. SURV. BULL. 33, UNIVERSITY, VA., 1932, PP. 59-61.}{Reserve-Resource:: WAR MINERALS REPORT. AMELIA COUNTY VIRGINIA MICA-BERYL-}{Reserve-Resource:: TANTALITE. FILE 16.008.}{Reserve-Resource:: WAR MINERALS REPORT. NOTES ON FIELD INVESTIGATIONS IN THE}{Reserve-Resource:: AMELIA AREA, AUGUST 2-5 INCLUSIVE, 1943. FILE 91.1662.}{Reserve-Resource:: PHONE CONVERSATION WITH STATE GEOLOGIST 9-15-81.}
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