Mine detail: Round Mountain Hematite Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 37.47089, -79.00752

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Martite
Orebody form: BANDED IRON FORMATION
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1881
Last production ended: 1882

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Phyllite,Conglomerate
Structure:Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDSW055359
DEP10082516
Reference{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S, 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39, 124P. (PL.13, P.87, 89).}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT; VIRGINIA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P. (PL.2, P.141).}
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