Mine detail: Bible Ridge Hematite Mine

Previously called 'Megisson'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.55284, -78.89057

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite
Orebody form: LENSES INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION IN QUARTZITE
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880
Last production ended: 1883

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Quartzite,Phyllite
Tectonic:Stacked Allocthons

References

MRDSW055411
DEP10082567
Reference{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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