Rutherford No.3

Past Producer in Amelia county in Virginia, United States with commodities Garnet, Feldspar, Mica, Tin
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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -77.98141, 37.35756 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Amelia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -77.98141, 37.35756

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1.4HA
    Depth to top 6.9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 3.7
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.3999
    Date of Last Modification 810921

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name Amelia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BROWN, W.R. MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA. VA.

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    DIV. OF MIN. RESOURCES REPT. 3, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.,

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    1962, PP. 59-60, 61-94.

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    KILTEEN, P.L. AND W.L. NEWMAN. TIN IN THE UNITED STATES.

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    MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCES MAP MR-44, USGS,

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    WASHINGTON, D.C., 1965.

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    NITZE, H.B. MONAZITE, AND MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN NORTH

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    CAROLINA. N.C. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 9, 1895, P. 25.

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    PEGAU, A.A. PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA. VA. STATE

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    GEOL. SURV. BULL. 33, UNIVERSITY, VA., 1932, PP. 59-61.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WAR MINERALS REPORT. AMELIA COUNTY VIRGINIA MICA-BERYL-

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    TANTALITE. FILE 16.008.

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    WAR MINERALS REPORT. NOTES ON FIELD INVESTIGATIONS IN THE

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMELIA AREA, AUGUST 2-5 INCLUSIVE, 1943. FILE 91.1662.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHONE CONVERSATION WITH STATE GEOLOGIST 9-15-81.

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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