Mine detail: Hairston Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.79229, -80.12006

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Albite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Lynchburg Formation, Metagabbro Unit
Host type:	Gabbro,Schist
Associated rock:	Lynchburg Formation, Metagabbro Unit
Associated type:	Gabbro
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Bowens Creek Fault, Cooper Creek Anticline, Gabbro Sill
Tectonic:	Piedmont
Alteration processes:	Retrograde Low Grade Metamorphism

References

MRDS	W031232
DEP	10080145
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: VDMR OPEN-FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., AND HENIKA, W.S., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE PHILPOTT RESERVOIR QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 22, 46 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL VA. ORE & LUMBER CO.: MINED ORE}{Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE}{Production:: WATSON (1907)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)