Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Metal, Mineral Pigments
SecondaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLINEAR, LENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite
GangueBiotite, Microcline
Geology
Associated rockAnorthosite
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10080116
MRDS IDW031196
Alternate namesE.M. Hughes Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.77811, -78.97307
References
SRC.REF: FISH AND SWANSON, 1964FISH, 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.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.ROSS, C.S., 1941, OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN OF THE TITANIUM DEPOSITS OF NELSON AND AMHERST COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 198, 59 P.WATSON, T.L. AND TABER, S., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE TITANIUM AND APATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3-A, 308 P.1878 OTHER PHILADELPHIA & READING COAL & IRON CO.: OBTAINED MINERAL RIGHTS.1959 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING ON E.M. HUGHES PROPERTY.