Mine detail: Myers Hematite Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.00285, -79.45393

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Goethite, Hematite
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Mt. Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Quartzite
Structure:	Bowe * Creek Fault
Tectonic:	Near Northern Edge Of Smith River Allocthon With Overlying Fork Mt. Formation.

References

MRDS	VA01724
DEP	10105427
Reference	MARR, J.D., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NUMBER 49
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