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Johnson Prospect

Occurrence in Nelson 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 10080119
MRDS ID W031199
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.93891, 37.81727 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position 2.2 KM (1.35 MI) NE OF BRYANT.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Nelson

Comments on the location information

  • 0.08 KM (0.05 MI) NW OF STATE HWY. 151, 30 M (100 FT) BY ROAD NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 623, 2.2 KM (1.4 MI) NE OF BRYANT.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE-DRESSING STUDY CONDUCTED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, SEE FISH AND SWANSON (1964).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLES: 20.2-39.1% TIO2, CORE SAMPLES: 21.3-23.6% TIO2, 6.6-9.5% P2O5. GRAIN COUNTS OF CORE: 65.5% OPAQUE (MOSTLY ILMENITE, SOME MAGNETITE, TRACES OF PYRITE), 15.6% APATITE, AND SOME TITANITE-LEUCOXENE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Nelsonite Dike;Border Gneiss;Lovingston Formation (Mylonitic Gneiss)
    Rock description Nelsonite Dike;Border Gneiss;Lovingston Formation (Mylonitic Gneiss)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.93891, 37.81727
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N. 80 DEG. W.
    Dip 57 DEG. NE
    Length 213M
    Width 24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BORDER GNEISS OF HILLHOUSE (1960) POSSIBLY EQUAL TO LAYERED GRANULITE GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889

Mining district

District name Roseland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sherwin Williams Co. (Mineral Rights), J. D. Johnson (Surface Rights).

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OLD PROSPECT TRENCHES, PITS AND DRILL HOLES WERE OBSERVED IN 1959-1960.

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT WAS PROBABLY FIRST PROSPECTED BY VIRGINIA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO. AROUND 1889 DURING PROSPECTING FOR PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS. VA. MNG & MFG. CO. SOON FAILED. C.K. LEETH OBTAINED MINERAL RIGHTS IN 1933, LATER TRANSFERRING THEM TO BURGESS TITANIUM CO. THE MINERAL RIGHTS WERE HELD BY SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO. IN 1960. AX-SIZE DIAMOND-DRILL HOLES WERE SUNK, HOWEVER FISH AND SWANSON (1964) DO NOT DELINEATE DRILLER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: FISH AND SWANSON, 1964.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • 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

    WATSON, T.L. AND TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE TITANIUM AND APATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3-A, 308 P.

  • Deposit

    1889 DIREXPL VIRGINIA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO.: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY PROSPECTING.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL DIAMOND DRILLING CONDUCTED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit * EXCEEDS 30 M.

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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