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Allen's Creek Iron Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082509
MRDS ID W055351
Record type Site
Current site name Allen's Creek Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Elk Creek Iron Mine, Mundy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.88391, 37.54812 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
Relative position 0.8 MI W NW OF ALLEN'S CREEK R.R. JUNCTION (GLADSTONE QUADRANGLE)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amherst(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillwyn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle James-Buffalo(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Amherst

Comments on the location information

  • CAN BE REACHED BY PRIVATE DIRT ROAD ON GENE HARRIS PROPERTY N FOR 0.3 MI FROM RT 622

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.88391, 37.54812
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, BONDED
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 55-70 SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 53.34M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AROUND SHAFT ON TOP OF HILL ROTTEN MICA SCHIST TRENDS N 20 E/58 SE BUT E SIDE BLUE QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE AND QUARTZITE STRIKES N/55 DIP SE INDICATING TIGHT FOLD OR FAULT. QUARTZ VEINS WITH LIMONTIC JOINTS (0.5-2 FT THICK) CUT REGIONAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1842
Year of first production 1842
Year of last production 1878

Mining district

District name James River Roanoke Mn, Fe And Ba District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gene Harris Owns Surface Rights, Mineral Rights Said To Belong To Mundy Estate.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED ADITS 4-6 FT WIDE FOLLOW TREND OF CAVERNOUS MT. ATHOS CALC. QUARTZITE: N 45 E/58 SE AND ARE ACCESSIBLE DOWNSLOPE 10-12 FT; ADITS PARTLY FILLED IN PLACES; INCLINED ADITS ARE ON NW SLOPE OF NE TRENDING RIDGE. FARM TRACK LEADS PAST ADITS OR "CAVES." OTHER ADIT IS 300 FT E SE ALONG FARM TRACK ON OTHER SIDE OF N TRENDING RIDGE. ON TOP OF RIDGE 200 FT S SE OF MAIN ADITS OR "CAVES" IS SHAFT 20 FT WIDE, 15 FT DEEP LARGELY FILLED WITH TRASH. SPECULAR HEMATITE BANDED FE FORMATION DUMP MATERIAL NEXT TO SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • FIRST OPERATED AS ELK CREEK MINE 1842 AND SUPPLIED ELK CREEK FURNACE WHICH WAS ABANDONED IN 1850. ELK CREEK MINE BECAME MUNDY MINE IN 1878.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P. (P.141, PL.2)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RUSTY GOETHITE - LIMONITIC BRECCIA IN CAVERNOUS CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE, THIN LAMINATION WITH UNDULATING BEDDING SURFACES; SPECULAR HEMATITE LAYERS 0.5-2 CM THICK BETWEEN SPONGY, "MOTH EATEN" CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE; ORE ZONE 2-3 FT THICK; TOP OF HILL HAS DUMP MATERIAL OF SPARKLING, FINE GRAINED SPECULAR HEMATITE IN QUARTZITE (BANDED FE FORMATION). QUARTZITE HAS BLUE QUARTZ CLASTS AND PARTLY CONGLOMERATIC; MILKY QUARTZ VEINS CUT REGIONAL DIP WITH N-NE TREND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-87 AS Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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