Mine detail: Gay Hematite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.612, -78.82974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite
Orebody form:	LENSOID BANDED AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
Discovery year:	1885

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Slate,Quartzite,Phyllite
Tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon And Allocthon Stacks Beneath

References

MRDS	W055414
DEP	10082570
Reference	{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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