Mine detail: Gay Hematite Mine

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Location: Nelson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.612, -78.82974
dep_id: 10082570
mrds_id: W055414
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite
orebody_fm: LENSOID BANDED AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
work_type: Unknown
conc_proc: Metal Rich Brines Of Hydrothermal Origin Concentrated In Rift Related Fracture.
ore_ctrl: Stratabound Banded Iron Formation
Reporter: As
hrock_unit: Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
hrock_type: Slate,Quartzite,Phyllite
tectonic: Smith River Allocthon And Allocthon Stacks Beneath
Year first produced: 1880
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL.2).
  • Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETING 39, (PL.13, P.63).
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