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Smith Prospect

Occurrence in Amherst county in Virginia, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Mineral Pigments, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080112
MRDS ID W031192
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect
Alternate or previous names J. D. Smith Tract

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.10531, 37.66923 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Relative position 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) NNW OF HENLEYS STORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amherst(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piney River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Amherst

Comments on the location information

  • ON NNE SIDE OF STATE ROAD 610, 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) BY ROAD WNW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 778.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Mineral Pigments Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SURFACE SAMPLES AVG: 6% TIO2 (FISH, 1962).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Altered Massive Charnockite;Border Gneiss;Lovingston Formation
    Rock description Altered Massive Charnockite;Border Gneiss;Lovingston Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.10531, 37.66923
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Ne-Sw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAPROLITE IDENTICAL TO THAT OF B. F. CAMDEN TRACT OF AMERICAN CYANAMID WOOD PIT, EXCEPT TIO2 CONTENT LOWER. HOST ROCK NOT DESCRIBED IN LITERATURE, EXCEPT REPORTED BY FISH (1962) AS OUTSIDE OF BOUNDARIES OF ROSELAND ANORTHOSITE. HILLHOUSE (1960) MAPS AREA AS "BORDER GNEISS" SURROUNDED BY SECTIONS OF AUGEN GNEISS" (LOVINGSTON FORMATION) AND ALTERED HYPERSTHENE GRANODIORITE" (ALTERED MASSIVE CHARNOCKITE); "BORDER GNEISS" POSSIBLY A UNIT OF LAYERED GRANULITE GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer U.S. Bureau Of Mines

Mining district

District name Roseland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John D. Smith

Comments on development

  • MAGNETIC ANOMALY OUTLINING DEPOSIT MAPPED BY U.S. DURING EXPLORATORY WORK, 1957-1959.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISH, G. E., JR., 1962, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VA., (IN TWO PARTS), 1. SAPROLITE ORES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6094, 44 P.

  • Deposit

    HERZ, N., 1969, THE ROSELAND ALKALIC ANORTHOSITE MASSIF, VIRGINIA, IN ISACHSEN, Y. W. (ED.), ORIGIN OF ANORTHOSITE AND RELATED ROCKS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE SERVICE, MEMOIR 18, P. 357-367.

  • Deposit

    HILLHOUSE, D. N., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PINEY RIVER-ROSELAND TITANIUM AREA, NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. S., 1941, OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN OF THE TITANIUM DEPOSITS OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 198, 59 P.

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOPHYS U.S. BUREAU OF MINES: CONDUCTED MAGNETOMETER SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DRILLING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE DEPTH OF SAPROLITE
Deposit FISH (1962) BELIEVES DEPOSIT IS WORTHY OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION AS A TITANIUM SOURCE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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