| Lat / long: | 37.47395, -78.46445 |
| Primary: | Kyanite |
| Secondary: | Sand and Gravel, Construction |
| Ore: | Kyanite, Quartzite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Feldspar, Hematite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Topaz |
| Orebody form: | LENS |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Metamorphic |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1957 |
| Host rock: | Chopawamsic Formation |
| Host type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Whispering Creek Anticline, Syncline |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont |
| MRDS | W007514 |
| DEP | 10069811 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G. H., AND POTTER, D. B., 1960, KYANITE, SILLIMANITE, AND ANDALUSITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 336., 121 P.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, S.S., 1967, VIRGINI* CONTRIBUTION TO THE KYANITE-MULLITE INDUSTRY: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V.13, NO.1, P. 1-7}{Deposit:: JONAS, A.I. AND WATKINS, J.H., 1932, KYANITE IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 38, 52 P.}{Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL USBURMINES, DDH, SAMPLES}{Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL KYANITE MINING CORP.: BEGAN MINING.}{Production:: JOHNSON (1967)} |
| Reporter | Espenshade, Gilbert H., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |