Mine detail: Chestnut Mountain Hematite Mine

Previously called 'Twining Hematite Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.42367, -79.01391

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Martite
Orebody form: LENSE 1-3 FT THICK
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos, Member Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Quartzite,Schist,Conglomerate
Tectonic:Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDSW055364
DEP10082521
Reference{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA BULL. 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 124P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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