Mine detail: Oxford Iron Mine

Previously called 'Ross'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.37312, -79.03781

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Limonite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Archer Creek Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Mica Schist
Tectonic:Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDSW055379
DEP10082536
Reference{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA BULLETIN 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 124P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, 154P.}{Deposit:: GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, MINERAL RESOURCES CIRC. NO.1, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 17P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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