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Hatcher Prospect

Past Producer in Bedford county in Virginia, United States with commodities Feldspar, Tantalum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099661
MRDS ID VA00005
Record type Site
Current site name Hatcher Prospect
Alternate or previous names Craigshead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.45087, 37.25478 (WGS84)
Elevation 277
Relative position 0.3 MILE SOUTHWEST OF OTTER HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bedford(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goode(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Bedford

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Tantalum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IT IS REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 400 AND 500 POUNDS OF TANTALITE HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND SOLD FROM THE MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Tantalite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Moneta Gneiss
    Rock description Moneta Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.45087, 37.25478
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1983 ONLY A CAVED PIT REMAINED AT THE SITE; QUARTZ, MICA AND WHITE FELDSPAR REMAIN ON THE SCATTERED DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.R. 1962, MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 3, 195 P.

  • Deposit

    DIETRICH, R.V., 1970 MINERALS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE RESEARCH DIVISION BULLETIN 47, 325 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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