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Giles-Hite Prospect

Occurrence in Nelson 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080118
MRDS ID W031198
Record type Site
Current site name Giles-Hite Prospect
Alternate or previous names A.T. Stratton Prospect, H.M. Giles Prospect, H.H. Harvey Prospect, Shelton Prospect, Hight Prospect, Hite Prospect.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.98502, 37.75755 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) NW OF ROSELAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horseshoe Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(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

Comments on the location information

  • 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) SW OF END OF FARM ROAD, 0.25 KM (0.15 MI) BY ROAD NW OF INTERSECTION WITH STATE HWY 151, 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE HWY. 56. DIKE TRENDS NE 0.5 KM, THEN RUNS 0.8 KM NNW ALONG RIDGE. AN ADDITIONAL OUTCROP IS LOCATED ON SW SIDE OF TYE RIVER.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Rutile Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result STRATTON TRACT: 60-70% ILMENITE (FISH & SWANSON, 1964). ILMENITE NELSONITE-41-43% TIO2, 7% P205
Result RUTILE NELSONITE-66% TIO2, 8% P205. (WATSON & TABER, 1913).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Nelsonite Dike;Border Gneiss;Roseland Anorthosite
    Rock description Nelsonite Dike;Border Gneiss;Roseland Anorthosite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.98502, 37.75755
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike NE TO NNW
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Length 915M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BORDER GNEISS PER HILLHOUSE (1960).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Roseland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Lead Co. (Mineral Rights)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Giles, H. M. (Surface Rights)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stratton, A. T. (Surface Rights)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harvey, H. H. (Surface Rights)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hite, Bob (Surface Rights)
  • Type Operator
    Owner American Rutile Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES DUG; MOSTLY FILLED-IN BY 1960.

Comments on development

  • INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY WAS BEGUN IN 1894 BY VIRGINIA PHOSPHATE AND PAINT CORP. WHICH DUG NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES AND SUNK A NUMBER OF DIAMOND DRILL HOLES. IN 1903, THE W.M. CAMP PHOSPHATE CO. PURCHASED THE SHELTON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE TYE RIVER, BUT OTHER THAN EXPOSING THE DIKE, CONDUCTED NO FURTHER WORK. IN 1907, THE PROPERTIES OF W.M. CAMP PHOSPHATE CO. WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE NELSON MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO. TO DATE NO COMMERCIAL MINING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE PROPERTIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MINING OF A SMALL RUTILE NELSONITE DIKE (LOCATED ON THE GILES TRACT ABOUT 180 M EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF STATE HWY. 151 AND STATE ROAD 655) BY THE AMERICAN RUTILE CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISH, G.E., JR., AND SWANSON, V.F., 1964, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VA. (IN TWO PARTS), 2. NELSONITE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6429, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    HERZ, N., 1969, THE ROSELAND ALKALIC ANORTHOSITE MASSIF, VIRGINIA, IN ISACHSEN, Y.W. (ED.), ORIGIN OF ANORTHOSITE AND RELATED ROCKS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE SERVICE, MEMOIR 18, P. 357-367.

  • Deposit

    HILLHOUSE, D.N., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PINEY RIVER-ROSELAND TITANIUM AREA, NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L. AND TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE TITANIUM AND APATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3-A, 308 P.

  • Deposit

    1894 DIREXPL VIRGINIA PHOSPHATE & PAINT CORP.: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY WORK.

  • Deposit

    1903 DIREXPL W.M. CAMP PHOSPHATE CO.: EXPOSED "EXTENSION" OF DIKE ON SW SIDE OF TYE RIVER.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT ONE POINT ON STRATION TRACT, DIKE STRIKES N. 55 DEG. E.
Deposit PROSPECT INCLUDES A.T. STRATION; H.H. HARVEY; H.M. GILES, JR.; AND BOB HITE PROPERTIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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