Fancy Hill Mine

Occurrence in Alleghany county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067218
MRDS ID V001804
Record type Site
Current site name Fancy Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -80.00849, 37.78769 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alleghany(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Callaghan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewisburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bluefield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Alleghany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -80.00849, 37.78769

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-89 Gair, Jac (Sweet, P.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.