Buena Vista Titanium Placer

Occurrence in Rockbridge county in Virginia, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068332
MRDS ID W001335
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista Titanium Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.33642, 37.70423 (WGS84)
Elevation 570

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockbridge(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maury(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockbridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Rutile Ore

Analytical data

Result 50% HEAVIES

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.33642, 37.70423

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL
    Length 457.2M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • CHANNEL DEPOSIT 15 BY 1500 FT IN X-SECTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLOOMER 1941 ECON GEOL. V. 36 P. 745

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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