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Railroad Iron Property

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082540
MRDS ID W055383
Record type Site
Current site name Railroad Iron Property
Alternate or previous names Wood Iron Mine, Unamed Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.04142, 37.39645 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 1700 FT N NW OF RAILROAD CROSSING OF ROUTE 609.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(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 Campbell

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILES SW OF ARCH CREEK CEMETERY CROSSROADS, LAST HOUSE AT END OF UNUMBERED ROAD 200 FT SE OF HOUSE; 600 FT OF OLD NORFOLK AND WESTERN ROADBED (NOW GRAVEL ROAD).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Member
    Rock description Mt Athos Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.04142, 37.39645
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES BANDED IRON FORMATION
    Strike NE
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Precipitation

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLOWED FIELD NEXT TO ROAD 100 FT N OF TRENCH NOTED FLOAT OF HEMATITE-MAGNETITE QUARTZITE AND BRECCIA CONGLOMERATE CEMENTED BY HEMATITE; FLOAT MOSTLY BARREN QUARTZ.

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wood, A. J.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE IS A 60 FT TRENCH (N 20 W) AND ADIT ENTRANCE BLOCKED BY LARGE TREE; WORKINGS SAID TO BE EXTENSIVE (A.J. WOOD, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION) AND INCLUDED DRIFTS TO OLD NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD BED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETING 39, 124P. (PL.13).

  • Deposit

    WOOD, A.J., APRIL 1987, PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRENCH SHOWS LIMONITE IN WHITE QUARTZ, VUGGY WHITE QUARTZ
Deposit EXTENSIVE OLD WORKINGS NOW FILLED IN SAID TO EXTEND TO OLD RAILROAD BED (A.J. WOOD, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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