Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSE
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mt Athos Quartzite Member, Alligator Back Form, Lynchburg Group
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1881
Last production1881
Identification
Deposit ID10082513
MRDS IDW055356
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.45728, -79.02613
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VA., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, P.141FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA BULLETIN 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P.87.CAMPBELL, J.L., 1882, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMES RIVER VALLEY, VIRGINIA, W.S.A., P.49, NEW YORK, G.P. PUTNAM AND SONS, PUBL.GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DEPT. CONSERV. & DEVELOPMENT, MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 1, 17P. (VDMR).CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION MINERAL RESOURCES PUBL. 50, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).