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Buffalo River 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080111
MRDS ID W031189
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo River Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.17253, 37.6645 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position 3.8 KM (2.4 MI) EAST OF DODDS STORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amherst(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forks of Buffalo(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

  • ALONG STATE ROAD 631, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH U.S. HWY. 60.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite 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) -79.17253, 37.6645
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Highly Sheared Zone Located About 400 M. To Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR (LENS)
    Length 61M
    Width 23M

Comments on the geologic information

  • "ALTERED LOVINGSTON GNEISS" MAPPED BY MOORE (1940A) POSSIBLY EQUIVALENT TO MYLONITIC GNEISS UNIT OF LOVINGSTON FORMATION; SHEARED ZONE IS POSSIBLY EQUIVALENT TO "CATACLASTIC ROCKS"; SEE BARTHOLEMEW, M. J., 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENFIELD AND SHERANDO QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., PUB. 4, 43 P.

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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