| Location: | Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.55784, -78.89613 |
| dep_id: | 10082569 |
| mrds_id: | W055413 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Hematite, Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSOID, BANDED, INTERBANDED, LAMINATED |
| ore_ctrl: | Ore Thickened By Folding And Faulting |
| Reporter: | As |
| hrock_unit: | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| hrock_type: | Phyllite |
| Structure: | Tight Isoclinal Folds; Folds Show Ptygmatic Quartz Phacoids |
| tectonic: | Stacked Piedmont 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).
- Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).
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