Mine detail: Oxford Iron Mine

Location:	Campbell County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.37312, -79.03781
dep_id:	10082536
mrds_id:	W055379
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Limonite
conc_proc:	Limonite Probably Derived From Pyrite In Graphitic Schists
ore_ctrl:	Metal Rich Brines In Rift Related Basin
Reporter:	As
hrock_unit:	Archer Creek Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
hrock_type:	Mica Schist
tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon
References:	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).