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Gillespy 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 10093818
MRDS ID W031191
Record type Site
Current site name Gillespy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.14419, 37.61089 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 3.1 KM (1.9 MI) NE OF HICKS STORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amherst(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tobacco Row Mountain(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

  • AT END OF FARM ROAD CONTINUATION OF STATE ROAD 615, 4.2 KM (2.6 MI) SW OF JUNCTION WITH U.S. HWY 60. ADDITIONAL DIKES AT UTM N 4164600., E 663550.; N 4163840., E 662980.; N4163340., E 664420.; AND N 4164160,, E 664950.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Graphite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.14419, 37.61089
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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
    Width 4.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • "ALTERED LOVINGSTON GNEISS" POSSIBLY EQUIVALENT TO "LAYERED GRANULITE GNEISS" TO NORTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer C. H. Moore, Jr.

Mining district

District name Roseland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gillespy, W. B.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, C. H., JR., 1940, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMHERST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP C. H. MOORE, JR.: DISCOVERED DEPOSI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NONE OF THESE DIKES WERE TRACED MORE THAN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET DUE TO SIZE, VEGETATION, AND RESIDUAL WEATHERING.

Reporter information

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

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