Montpelier Mine (Bowe Farm Prospect; Feldspar Corporation Quarry), Montpelier, Hanover Co., Virginia, USA
Ref.: Rocks & Min.:60:167 & 61:57-61. A former mine and quarry located 3½ miles South of Montpelier. Started over 100 years ago. Was operated as a titanium mine (WWII) and was owned by the American Rutile Corp. Now a feldspar quarry and owned by the Feldspar Corporation. Mineralization is in a meta-anorthosite body in gneissic rock with pegmatite dikes.
Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: JOHNSON, S.S., & TYRRELL, M.E., 1967, ANALYSES OF CLAY AND RELATED MATERIALS - EASTERN COUNTIES: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REP. 8, P. 78
Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1958, VIRGINIA
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