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Low Moor B Mine

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067221
MRDS ID VA00001
Record type Site
Current site name Low Moor B Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.90921, 36.86368 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 10,800 FT. S 22 DEGREES W OF ALLEGHANY REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN LOW MOOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bassett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Alleghany

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH FACE OF JOHNSON MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 1000 FT UP FIRST UNNAMED HOLLOW SOUTH OF JUNCTION OF WHITE ROCK CREEK AND KARNES CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ridgeley Sandstone
    Rock description Ridgeley Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.90921, 36.86368
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N75 DEGREES E (75)
    Dip 40 DEGREES NW (40,345)
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS MINE IS ON AN OVERTURNED LIMB OF A SYNCLINE (LESURE); RIDGELEY SANDSTONE IS EQUIVALENT TO THE ORISKANY SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton Forge Iron District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Low Moor Iron Co.
    First year 1873
    Last year 1925

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.214HA
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS WAS THE ONLY OPEN PIT OF THE LOW MOOR MINES THAT WAS STILL OPERATING IN THE 1890'S.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM ENTIRE LOW MOOR MINES FROM 1873 TO 1898 = 967,640 TONS OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOTCHKISS, JED., 1880, THE LOW MOOR IRON COMPANY OF VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, V.1, P. 150-151.

  • Deposit

    LESURE, FRANK G., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE CLIFTON FORGE IRON DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF VPI & SU ENG. EXP. STA., SERIES NUMBER 118, VOL. L, NUMBER 7, 130 P.

  • Deposit

    LYMAN, B.S., 1886, GEOLOGY OF THE LOW MOORE, VIRGINIA, IRON-ORES: AIME TRANS., V. 14, PP. 801-809.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800S
Deposit SEE LOW MOOR NUMBER 1 MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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