Lawrenceville Occurrence

Occurrence in Brunswick county in Virginia, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082528
MRDS ID W055371
Record type Site
Current site name Lawrenceville Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.90693, 36.79451 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES NW OF LAWRENCEVILLE, VIRGINIA, Est Within 1/2 Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brunswick(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alberta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Emporia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norfolk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meherrin(hydrologic unit)

Albemarle-Chowan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY BY PRIVATE COMPANY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Petersburg
    Rock description Petersburg
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.90693, 36.79451

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1971

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY DISCOVERED BY UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRUNSWICK COUNTY-ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-87 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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