Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formBANDED IRON FORMATION
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Martite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Phyllite,Conglomerate · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Formation
StructureSmith River Allocthon
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1881
Last production1882
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10082516
MRDS IDW055359
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.47089, -79.00752
References
FURCRON, A.S, 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124P. (PL.13, P.87, 89).ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT; VIRGINIA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P. (PL.2, P.141).