Mine detail: Riverville Hematite Mines

Previously called 'Dyestone Ridge Hematite Mines Gardenfield Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.54034, -78.90141

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Barite
Orebody form: LENSES, BANDED INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880
Last production ended: 1883

Geology

Host rock:Mount Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Phyllite
Structure:Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDSW055353
DEP10082510
Reference{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 39, 124P. (PL.13).}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P. (PL.2).}{Deposit:: GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 1, P.15.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SW PIEDMONT VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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