Mine detail: Canal Tunnel Hematite Magnetite Prospect

Previously called 'Part of Prospecting In Riverville Mines SystemKnown As Canal Tunnel, Riverville Hematite Mine Espenshade 1954,Pl, 2 #144.'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.53145, -78.89974

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1881

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDSW055350
DEP10106396
Reference{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 39, P.92.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P. (P.140; PL.2)}{Deposit:: GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 1, P.15.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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