Mine detail: Jordan Creek Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.68814, -79.93506

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sillimanite
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Fork Mountain Formation
Host type:	Mica Schist
Associated rock:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allocthon, Foliation Of Rock In Vicinity Varies From Ne-Sw To Nw-Se.
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W031227
DEP	10080140
Reference	{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F. AND TOEWE, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE MARTINSVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 16, 44 P.}{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1892, NOTES ON SOME OF THE MAGNETITES OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND OF THE CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 20, P. 174-188.}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL DROVE SEVERAL SHAFTS.}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)