Hudson Prospect

Past Producer in Bedford county in Virginia, United States with commodity Feldspar
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067224
MRDS ID VA00004
Record type Site
Current site name Hudson Prospect
Alternate or previous names Thurman?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.49782, 37.20479 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 0.8 MILE SOUTHWEST OF DUMPLING MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bedford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huddleston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Bedford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Moneta Gneiss
    Rock description Moneta Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.49782, 37.20479

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bowens Creek Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl And Christine J. Hudson

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE PIT (FILED WITH 30 FEET OF WATER AND HIGHWALLS OF 20 TO 100 FT. PIT AREA WAS RECLAIMED IN AUGUST - SEPTEMBER, 1987, BY THE DIVISION OF MINERAL MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.R., 1962, MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 3, 195 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTHEAST - SOUTHWEST TRENDING PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.