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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