Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSOID, BANDED, INTERBANDED, LAMINATED
Ore controlOre Thickened By Folding And Faulting
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockPhyllite · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
StructureTight Isoclinal Folds; Folds Show Ptygmatic Quartz Phacoids
Tectonic settingStacked Piedmont Allocthons
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Last production1883
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10082569
MRDS IDW055413
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.55784, -78.89613
References
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39 (PL.13, P.63).ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL.2).CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).