Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLENSOID BANDED AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
Ore controlStratabound Banded Iron Formation
Geology
Host rockSlate,Quartzite,Phyllite · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Tectonic settingSmith River Allocthon And Allocthon Stacks Beneath
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10082570
MRDS IDW055414
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.612, -78.82974
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL.2).FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETING 39, (PL.13, P.63).