Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSE 1-3 FT THICK
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist,Conglomerate · Mt Athos, Member Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Tectonic settingSmith River Allocthon
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10082521
MRDS IDW055364
Alternate namesTwining Hematite Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.42367, -79.01391
References
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA BULL. 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 124P.ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008.CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).