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Lone Pine Hematite 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082513
MRDS ID W055356
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Pine Hematite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.02613, 37.45728 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 0.3 MI E OF JUNCTION 613 AND 648; 225 FT N OF 648, BEGINNING OF WORKINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amherst(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result FE (7 ANALYSIS) 33.13 TO 54.43%
Result P, .03 TO .06

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Quartzite Member, Alligator Back Form, Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mt Athos Quartzite Member, Alligator Back Form, Lynchburg Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING N 20 E, DIP 75 NW; 200 FT E OF WORKING, BLUFF OF QUARTZITE OUTCROP VISIBLE FROM 648 OF MASSIVE, BLOCKY GRAY TO GREENISH WHITE QUARTZITE WITH 10% BLUE QUARTZ CLASTS, 1-3 MM SURROUNDED TO ANGULAR, STRIKE N 30 E/72 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1881

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 225 FT N OF 648 IS TRENCH 15 FT DEEP, N20E. 100 FT FARTHER UP SLOPE IS AN ADIT ENTRANCE, N20W; ORE PILE, 20 X 8 X 2 FT, OF SLATE GRAY, SPECULAR HEMATITE WITH 0-20% 1-5 MM BLUE QUARTZ CLASTS; B

Comments on development

  • FURCRON (1935): 3 DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN AND "A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE SHIPPED."

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VA., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, P.141

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA BULLETIN 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P.87.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, J.L., 1882, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMES RIVER VALLEY, VIRGINIA, W.S.A., P.49, NEW YORK, G.P. PUTNAM AND SONS, PUBL.

  • Deposit

    GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DEPT. CONSERV. & DEVELOPMENT, MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 1, 17P. (VDMR).

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION MINERAL RESOURCES PUBL. 50, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRING JOINTING S 70 E/60-70 NE MILKY QUARTZ VEINS FOLLOWING JOINTS, CROSS CUTTING, AND FOLLOWING BEDDING; MILKY QUARTZ IS 1-5 FT THICK. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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