| Deposit ID | 10067220 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | VA00000 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Low Moor White Rock Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.89116, 37.76839 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 408 |
| Relative position | 9000 FT. S 17 DEGREES W OF ALLEGHANY REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN LOW MOOR |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alleghany(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Covington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roanoke(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Alleghany |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ridgeley Sandstone | ||||
| Rock description | Ridgeley Sandstone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -79.89116, 37.76839 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 35M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Year of last production | 1897 |
| District name | Clifton Forge Iron District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Low Moor Iron Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 1.214HA |
| Overall depth | 19.81M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | VA00000 |
HOTCHKISS, JED., 1880, THE LOW MOOR IRON COMPANY OF VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, V.1, P. 150-151.
LESURE, FRANK G., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE CLIFTON FORGE IRON DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF VPI & SU ENG EXP STA, SERIES NO. 118, V. L, N.7, 130 P.
LYMAN, B.S., 1886, GEOLOGY OF THE LOW MOOR, VIRGINIA, IRON-ORES: AIME TRANS., V. 14, PP. 801-809
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE LOW MOOR MINE NUMBER 1 |
| Deposit | SEE LOW MOOR NUMBER 1 MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1800S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1987 | Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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