| Deposit ID | 10300841 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0510070002 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Morefield Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.91391, 37.36006 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 90 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Amelia(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Amelia Court House(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Petersburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richmond(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Appomattox(hydrologic unit)
James(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Amelia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Gemstone | Tertiary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Tantalum Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Amazonstone | Unknown |
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Columbite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Mica | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Tantalite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -77.91391, 37.36006 |
|---|
| Length | 335M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 5.8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 28M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| District name | Amelia |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Silas V. Morefield |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Virginia |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Powhatan Mining Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Virginia |
| Year | 1995 |
| First year | 1985 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0510070002 |
BROWN, W.R. MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA. VA.
DIV. OF MIN. RESOURCES REPT. 3, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.,
1962, PP. 59-60, 61-94.
KILTEEN, P.L. AND W.L. NEWMAN. TIN IN THE UNITED STATES.
MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-44, USGS,
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1965.
NITZE, H.B. MONAZITE, AND MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH
CAROLINA. N.C. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 9, 1895, P. 25.
PEGAU, A.A. PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA. VA. STATE
GEOL. SURV. BULL. 33, UNIVERSITY, VA., 1932, PP. 59-61.
WAR MINERALS REPORT. AMELIA COUNTY VIRGINIA MICA-BERYL-
TANTALITE. FILE 16.008.
WAR MINERALS REPORT. NOTES ON FIELD INVESTIGATIONS IN THE
AMELIA AREA, AUGUST 2-5 INCLUSIVE, 1943. FILE 91.1662.
PHONE CONVERSATION WITH STATE GEOLOGIST 9-15-81.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1975 ENTRY - DEPOSIT WAS MINED FOR MICA, FELDSPAR, BERYL, TAN COLUMBITE. THERE WAS NO PRODUCTION OF TIN. RECORD 0201 LAST KNOWN OWNER AS OF 1953 RECORDS -GEEHAN RECORD 050/ FROM 1947 TO 1949 THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED BY THE OF MINES TO CONDUCT AN EXPERIMENTAL MINING PROJECT-LEMKE, G REC 070 PERCENTAGES LISTED ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF COARSE PE OF MINED DIKE MATERIAL. IN ADDITION, 1.6 % WAS CLASSED AS O MINERALS (REC 701, P.7) REC 060 PEGMATITE INTRUDED WISSAHICKON (?) FM. RECORD 080,MODE OF ORIGIN/ IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE MINERALIZ OF THIS DEPOSIT IS IN PART THE RESULT OF DEVTERIC AND/OR HYD MAL ALTERATION - LEMKE CASSITERITE OCCURS AS INTERSTITIAL MATERIAL WITHIN AGGREGATE CLEAVELANDITE CRYSTALS. OWNERSHIP REPORTED BY PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION WITH MR. BILL BALTZLEY, OWNER-OPERATOR, AMELIA, VA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 24-AUG-95 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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