| Deposit ID | 10252355 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0510070001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rutherford No.3 |
| Alternate or previous names | Rutherford Mines, Rutherford No.1, Rutherford No.2 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -77.98141, 37.35756 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 91 |
| Location accuracy | 500(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 |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Tertiary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Mica | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alabandite | Unknown |
| Albite | Unknown |
| Amazonstone | Unknown |
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Biotite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Cassiterite | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Cleavelandite | Unknown |
| Columbite | Unknown |
| Fergusonite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Garnet | Unknown |
| Microlite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Phenacite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Tantalite | Unknown |
| Topaz | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Microlite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -77.98141, 37.35756 |
|---|
| Area | 1.4HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 6.9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Year of first production | 1883 |
| District name | Amelia |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Elizabeth E. Keener (1950 Records) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Virginia |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. J. Tyler Of Rutherford Minerals Corp. (Operator, |
| Home office | Virginia |
| Year | 1975 |
| Last year | 1943 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0510070001 |
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 RESOURCES 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 | RECORDS 800-814 OF 1975 ENTRY RECORD 010/ DEPOSIT MINED FOR MICA AND GEM MINERALS. NO TIN UCTION REC 030/ ELEVATION FOR NO. 2 WORKINGS. AVERAGE EL, IS 340 F RECORD 040/ THERE IS NO CLOSE NATURAL WATER SUPPLY CAPABLE SUPPORTING MILL OPERATIONS HOWEVER THE AMELIA C.H. QUAD. (19 SHOWS A RESERVOIR NEAR THE MINE SITE. RECORD 060/ PEGMATITE INTRUDED INTO A BIOTITE GNEISS. REC 070/ MINERALOGY OF THE PEGMATITE. REC 080/ (MODE OF ORIGIN) IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE MINERALIZA IS IN PART THE RESULT OF DEUTERIC AND/OR HYDROTHERMAL ALTERA THE MINERALIZED ZONE IS DISCONTINOUS AND CONSISTS OF THREE P SHAPED PEGMATITE BODIES. THE GENERAL TREND APPEARS TO BE NO AND THE DIKES DIP SOUTHEAST REC 060 PEGMATITE INTRUDED INTO WISSAHICKON (?) SCHIST (PRE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Sapakoff | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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