Mine detail: Greenway Hematite Mines

Previously called 'Dewitt'

Location:	Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.58339, -78.86307
dep_id:	10082565
mrds_id:	W055409
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
orebody_fm:	LENSES AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
work_type:	Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl:	Hydrothermal Precipitation In Submarine Brines In Rift Environment; Stratabound
Reporter:	As
hrock_unit:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
hrock_type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Phyllite,Mica Schist
Structure:	Smith River Allocthon
tectonic:	Piedmont Allocthon Stack
Year first produced:	1879
disc_yr:	1875
References:	Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 39, 124P. (PL.13, P.95-97) 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.140). Deposit:: KIMBALL, J.B., 1881, THE GREENWAY IRON ORE BELT OF THE JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINI* VOL.2, NO.1, P.4 Deposit:: FRAZER, PERSIFOR, JR., 1883, THE IRON ORES OF THE MIDDLE JAMES RIVER (VIRGINIA): AMERICAN INSTITUTE MINERAL ENG. TRANS., VOL.11, P.212. Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY). Deposit:: GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO.1, 17P. (P.15).