Mine detail: Bible Ridge Hematite Mine

Previously called 'Megisson'

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Location: Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.55284, -78.89057
dep_id: 10082567
mrds_id: W055411
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite
orebody_fm: LENSES INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION IN QUARTZITE
ore_ctrl: Hydrothermally Enriched Brines In Submarine Rift-Related Fracture-Chemical Sediment
Reporter: As
hrock_unit: Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
hrock_type: Quartzite,Phyllite
tectonic: Stacked Allocthons
Year first produced: 1880
yr_lst_prd: 1883
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39 (PL.13, P.63).
  • Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL.2).
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