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Mcgehee Limonite Prospect

Past Producer in Campbell 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082533
MRDS ID W055376
Record type Site
Current site name Mcgehee Limonite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.18916, 37.27839 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position 1.7 MILES SE (AZIMUTH 142) OF LAWYERS CROSSROADS AT 683 AND 690

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nottoway(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deatonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Appomattox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Appomattox(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • PROCEED 1.05 MILES W ON ROUTE 622 FROM ROUTE 29, TURN S (LEFT) ON PRIVATE ROAD FOR 0.8 MILES, THEN TURN S LEFT ALONG DRIVABLE TRACK IN WOODS FOR 0.1 MILES TO EDGE OF OPEN FIELD. WORKINGS ARE 500 FT FARTHER S IN WOODS AND 690 FT N OF CREEK (SMITH BRANCH). TRACK ENTRANCE IS 0.1 MILES E OF BRICK HOUSE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.18916, 37.27839
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Collapse Structures From Leaching Of Calcareous Mt Athos Quartzite (?)

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation Suggests Faulting But May Have Come From Leaching Of Marbles With Collapse

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO EXPOSURES OF FRESH ROCK OR SAPROLITE IN PLACE AT WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer May Have Been Prospected The Same Time As Nearby Mcgehee Mn Mine (1915 Or Probably 1941).

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner G. C. Mcgehee

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN WOODS THERE IS A TAILING PILE 10 FT HIGH, 15 FT WIDE AND 30 FT LONG, MOSTLY OVERGROWN. WORKING EXTEND FOR ABOUT 100 FT.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY NON-PRODUCER, PRODUCTION, IF ANY, UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL.2).

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 330. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOULDERS (1-4 FT) OF LIMONITE AND GOETHITE SHOW BOTRYOIDAL, CAVERNOUS, STALACTITIC STRUCTURES; SOME SHOW BRECCIATION AND WHITE TO BLUE THICK (2 MM) BOTRYOIDAL CATINGS OF OPALINE SILICA ON GOETHITE SURFACE.

Reporter information

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

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