Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mt Athos Quartzite Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Tectonic settingSmith River Allocthon
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Last production1882
Identification
Deposit ID10082515
MRDS IDW055357
Alternate namesMaude View
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.48006, -79.99199
References
CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P., (P. 140-141, LOCATION MAP).FRAZIER, PERSIFOR, JR, 1883, THE IRON ORES OF THE MIDDLE JAMES RIVER: AM. INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERING TRANS., V.11, P. 201-216.FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, BULL 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY, 124 P. (P. 89; PLATE 13).GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, MINERAL RESOURCES CIRC. NO. 1, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 17 P. (P.15 PLATE 10).KIMBALL, J.P., 1881, THE GREENWAY IRON ORE BELT OF THE JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 2, NO. 1, PP. 2-5.