Mine detail: Hairston Branch Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 36.72451, -79.85588

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Muscovite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Fork Mountain Formation
Host type:Mica Schist
Associated rock:Rich Acres Formation
Associated type:Gabbro
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allocthon
Tectonic:Piedmont
Alteration processes:Pit Sunk In Mica Schist Saprolite

References

MRDSW031226
DEP10093820
Reference{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F. AND HENIKA, W.S., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE SNOW CREEK, MARTINSVILLE EAST, PRICE, AND SPRAY QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 33, 71 P.}{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1892, NOTES ON SOME OF THE MAGNETITES OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND OF THE CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 20, P. 174-188.}{Deposit:: 1969 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL PROSPECT PIT DUG.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)