Mine detail: Riverville Hematite Mines

Previously called 'St. James South Hematite Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.52589, -78.91113

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Orebody form: LENSES AND BANDED AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
Discovery year: 1875

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Mica Schist
Structure:Smith River Allocthon; Tight Folding And Stacked Allocthons

References

MRDSW055355
DEP10082512
Reference{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 39 (P.63, PL.13; P.92).}{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 SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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