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Chestnut Mountain Hematite Mine

Past Producer in Appomattox 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082521
MRDS ID W055364
Record type Site
Current site name Chestnut Mountain Hematite Mine
Alternate or previous names Twining Hematite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.01391, 37.42367 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1500 FT E-NE OF APPOMATTOX-CAMPBELL COUNTY LINE, 2500 FT S-SE OF JAMES RIVER, Est Road Position Estimated

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Appomattox(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 Appomattox

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS LOCATED ABOUT 100 FT N OF CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD, A GRAVEL ROAD ON COUNTRY HAVEN ESTATES NOT SHOWN ON 1970 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 77 PHOSPHORUS AVERAGED: .07% P AND 22 SIO2 ANALYSES AVERAGED: 23.90% SIO2. SOME DEPOSITS AVERAGED: 55.36% FE AND 0.04% P (FRAZER, 1803, P.85 FURCRON, 1935).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Martite Ore

Analytical data

Result NO ANALYSIS FOR THIS MINE
Result 82 JAMES RIVER IRON ORE (ORE IS "STEEL ORE"- MASSIVE HEMATITE) ANALYSES AVERAGED 48.69% FE (FRUCRON, 1935, P.85)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.01391, 37.42367
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE 1-3 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District (Lynchburg Hematite And Magnetite District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Owner 1987 E. Twining

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, BOTH FILLED WITH TRASH; ONE IS 15 FT DEEP. ORE DUMP: SLABBY SPECULAR HEMATITE IN QUARTZITE; 50 FT LONG, 10 FT WIDE, 3-4 FT HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA BULL. 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 124P.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).

Reporter information

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

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