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Woods Mountain Kyn Occurrence

Occurrence in Buckingham county in Virginia, United States with commodity Kyanite
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069812
MRDS ID W007515
Record type Site
Current site name Woods Mountain Kyn Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.5764, 37.38562 (WGS84)
Elevation 204
Relative position 3.4 KM (2.1 MI) SW OF NEW STORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buckingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Andersonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Appomattox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Appomattox(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Buckingham

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF DIRT ROAD 1.1 KM (0.6 MI) BY ROAD W OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 609, 2.6 KM (1.6 MI) BY ROAD SSE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 636 IN NEW STORE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Chopawamsic Formation
    Rock description Chopawamsic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.5764, 37.38562
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Whispering Creek Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Recumbent Isoclinal Anticline Folded Into Minor Anticlines And Synclines That Plunge 15-20 Deg Ne

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 2413.95M

Comments on the geologic information

  • KYANITE QUARTZITE, CONTAINING 10 TO 30 PERCENT KYANITE. TOTAL RESERVES OF ALL DEPOSITS IN DISTRICT ABOUT 50,000,000 TONS OF ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farmville District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS AND REGIONAL GEOLOGY STUDIED IN DETAIL BY U.S.G.S. 1951 - 53. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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