| Deposit ID | 10080116 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031196 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Rock Farm Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | E.M. Hughes Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.97307, 37.77811 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 241 |
| Relative position | 1.1 KM (0.5 MI) SE OF JONESBORO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nelson(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Horseshoe Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillwyn(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Nelson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Primary |
| Mineral Pigments | Primary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Result | NELSONITE CONTAINS 60-70% ILMENITE. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -78.97307, 37.77811 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| General form | LINEAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N.60 DEG.E. |
| Dip | STEEPLY SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| District name | Roseland |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | American Cyanamid Co. (Mineral Rights), E. M. Hughes (Surface Rights). |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031196 |
SRC.REF: FISH AND SWANSON, 1964
FISH, G.E., JR., AND SWANSON, V.F., 1964, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VA., (IN TWO PARTS), 2. NELSONITE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6429, 25 P.
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.
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.
WATSON, T.L. AND TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE TITANIUM AND APATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3-A, 308 P.
1878 OTHER PHILADELPHIA & READING COAL & IRON CO.: OBTAINED MINERAL RIGHTS.
1959 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING ON E.M. HUGHES PROPERTY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO HOLES ENCOUNTERED DIKES 10-46 CM THICK. IN THIRD HOLE DECOMPOSED NELSONITE ENCOUNTERED FOR 8.7 M. SAPROLITE EXTENDED TO 46-61 M. ANORTHOSITE ADJACENT TO NELSONITE DESCRIBED AS BARREN OF TITANIUM MINERALS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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