Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLENSES AND BANDED AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
Ore control(Hydrothermally Generated Brines In Submarine Rift Related Fracture)
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Mica Schist · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
StructureSmith River Allocthon; Tight Folding And Stacked Allocthons
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10082512
MRDS IDW055355
Alternate namesSt. James South Hematite Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.52589, -78.91113
References
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 39 (P.63, PL.13; P.92).ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P. (PL.2).GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 1, P.15.CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).