| Deposit ID | 10082510 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055353 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Riverville Hematite Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Dyestone Ridge Hematite Mines Gardenfield Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.90141, 37.54034 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 189 |
| Relative position | 1.05 MI N NW OF RIVERVILLE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Amherst |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Mount Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| Rock description | Mount Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite |
| (1) | -78.90141, 37.54034 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Smith River Allocthon |
| General form | LENSES, BANDED INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1883 |
| District name | James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dover Mining |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Westvaco Lumber Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055353 |
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 39, 124P. (PL.13).
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P. (PL.2).
GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 1, P.15.
CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SW PIEDMONT VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SPECULAR HEMATITE IN PIT, ORE ZONE ROTTED OUT AS CRUMBLY BLACK MATERIAL. SOME COUNTRY ROCK IS SPONGY, CRUMBLY CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE. |
| Deposit | AREA SERVICED BY RAILROAD SPUR. PART OF ROAD BED VISIBLE ON NW SIDE OF DYESTONE RIDGE NEAR CREST. SPUR FORMERLY CONNECTED TO RIVERVILLE IN 1880-1883. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-87 | AS | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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