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Spring Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Prince Edward county in Virginia, United States with commodities Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080107
MRDS ID W031186
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.54973, 37.21673 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.8 KM (3 MI) EAST OF DARLINGTON HEIGHTS. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince Edward(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abilene(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 Prince Edward

Comments on the location information

  • 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) EAST OF EVANS STORE, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE ROAD 665.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tantalum Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults?

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS HAVE BEEN MADE.

Comments on development

  • THIS OCCURRENCE IS AN UNMINED WEATHERED PEGMATITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIETRICH, R.V., 1970, MINERALS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE RESEARCH DIVISION BULLETIN 47, WILLIAMS PRINTING CO., RICHMOND, VA., 325 P.

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL, R.S., AND ZULKIEWICZ, R.J., 1970, VIRGINIA METAMICT MINERALS: PYROCHLORE-MICROLITE SERIES, SOUTHEASTERN GEOLOGY, VOL. 11, NO. 3, PP. 173-185.

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1962, RADIOACTIVE COLUMBITE, THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 47, PP. 1363-1379.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEATHERED PEGMATITE CONSISTS OF KAOLIN AND QUARTZ. THE TANTALITE-COLUMBITE CRYSTALS WITH ASSOCIATED PYROCHLORE-MICROLITE OCCUR IN VERY SMALL QUANTITIES WITHIN THE PEGMATITE.
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS OCCURRENCE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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