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Buffalo River Prospect, Roseland, Amherst Co., Virginia, USA

Latitude: 37°39'52"N
Longitude: 79°10'22"W
REF:Deposit:: MOORE, C. H., JR., 1940, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMHERST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
Deposit:: MOORE, C. H., JR., 1940, ORIGIN OF THE NELSONITE DIKES OF AMHERST COUNTY, VIRGINIA: ECONOMIC
Commodities (Major) - Titanium - Metal, Mineral Pigments; (Minor) - Phosphorus-Phosphates
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Altered Lovingston Formation, Roseland Anorthosite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Highly Sheared Zone Located About 400 M. To Nw.
Host Rock: Granodiorite, Granitic Gneiss, Chemical Sediment
Tectonic Structure: Orogen

Mineral List

Actinolite
'Apatite'
'Chlorite Group'
'Garnet'
Ilmenite
Magnetite


6 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.

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