Mine detail: Greenway Hematite Mines

Previously called 'Dewitt'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.58339, -78.86307

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Orebody form: LENSES AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1879

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite,Phyllite,Mica Schist
Structure:Smith River Allocthon
Tectonic:Piedmont Allocthon Stack

References

MRDSW055409
DEP10082565
Reference{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).}
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