Piney River Aplite Quarry

Past Producer in Nelson county in Virginia, United States with commodity Feldspar
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227651
MRDS ID W023251
MAS/MILS ID 0511250071
Record type Site
Current site name Piney River Aplite Quarry
Related records 10076287

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -79.04834, 37.72366 (WGS84)
Elevation 247
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(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 Nelson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -79.04834, 37.72366

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Imc Chemical Group Inc
    ID 4402826
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-95 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/30/1980
MSHA mine ID4402826
Mine name (MSHA)Piney River Aplite Quarry & Mill
Current operatorInternational Minerals & Chemical Corp
Current controller (parent)IMC Global Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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