Description
Moneta Mining And Milling Co.
Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar
SecondaryTantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Mica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlPegmatite Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsAlbite, Muscovite
GangueBiotite, Garnet, Quartz, Thulite, Zoisite
Geology
Host rockHornblendite · Moneta Gneiss
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Faults Of Small Displacement
Tectonic settingPiedmont
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1923
Discovery year1923
Identification
Deposit ID10100236
MRDS IDW031182
Alternate namesMoneta Mine, Big Hicks Mine, Wheatly Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.17507, -79.59754
References
SRC.REF: PEGAU (1932)GRIFFITTS, JAHNS, AND LEMKE, 1953, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT, PART 4, OUTLYING DEPOSITS IN VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 248-C, PP. 171-202BROWN, W.R., 1962, MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 3, 195 P.PEGAU, A.A., 1932, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 33, 123 P.1923 DIREXPL MONETA MINING AND MILLING CO. - MINED1925? DIREXPL SEABOARD FELDSPAR CO. - MINED1941 DIREXPL CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR CORP. - MINEDGRIFFITTS, ET AL, (1953)