Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
Ore controlHydrothermal Precipitation In Submarine Brines In Rift Environment; Stratabound
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Phyllite,Mica Schist · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
StructureSmith River Allocthon
Tectonic settingPiedmont Allocthon Stack
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1879
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10082565
MRDS IDW055409
Alternate namesDewitt
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.58339, -78.86307
References
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 39, 124P. (PL.13, P.95-97)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.140).KIMBALL, J.B., 1881, THE GREENWAY IRON ORE BELT OF THE JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIA'S VOL.2, NO.1, P.4FRAZER, PERSIFOR, JR., 1883, THE IRON ORES OF THE MIDDLE JAMES RIVER (VIRGINIA): AMERICAN INSTITUTE MINERAL ENG. TRANS., VOL.11, P.212.CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO.1, 17P. (P.15).