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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