Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
GangueTourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
StructureSmith River Allocthon
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1881
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10106396
MRDS IDW055350
Alternate namesPart of Prospecting In Riverville Mines System, Known As Canal Tunnel, Riverville Hematite Mine Espenshade 1954,, Pl, 2 #144.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.53145, -78.89974
References
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 39, P.92.ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P. (P.140; PL.2)GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 1, P.15.CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).