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Greenway Hematite Mines

Past Producer in Nelson 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. 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 10082565
MRDS ID W055409
Record type Site
Current site name Greenway Hematite Mines
Alternate or previous names Dewitt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.86307, 37.58339 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 0.35 MILES NW OF 5 FORKS JUNCTION 626 AND 622.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gladstone(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Nelson

Comments on the location information

  • CAN BE REACHED BY WESTVACO LUMBER ROAD (PADLOCKED ENTRANCE) 5733 FT SW FROM ROUTE 622. WORKINGS 50-100 FT SE OF DIRT ROAD IN MATURE PINE FOREST. MINERALIZED ZONE BEGINS 815 FT SW OF JUNCTION OF WESTVACO LUMBER ROAD AND OVERGROWN TRACK SE TO 5 FORKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2 ANALYSES SAME VEIN; P205: 0.08%, 0.05%; S: 0.18; SI02: 3.29%, 3.96%; MNO: 0.09%; AL203: 0.53%, 1.84%; CAO: 04%; MGO: 0.07%. AVERAGE SHIPMENT, DEC. 1879: 62.13% FE; 0.03% P.

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 10 ANALYSIS VEIN NO.16 GREENWAY
Result 66.61% FE, 0.03% P (KIMBALL, 1881)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.86307, 37.58339
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Smith River Allocthon

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Precipitation In Submarine Brines In Rift Environment; Stratabound

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUTCROP IN ROADBED OF CREAM-COLORED SERICITIC QUARTZITE, NEAR VERTICAL DIP, STRIKE N 35 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1879

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Naylor And Co.
    Home office Philadelphia, Pa
  • Type Owner
    Owner Westvaco Lumber Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 47.85M
    Overall length 357.53M
    Overall width 60.96M
  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN A DOZEN WORKINGS FOR DISTANCE OF 1173 FT ON SE SIDE OF TRACK ABOUT 50 TO 100 FT FROM ROAD. WORKINGS LARGELY FILLED IN AND INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • OUTPUT IN MARCH 1880 WAS 50-75 TONS PER DAY (KIMBALL, 1881) MORE THAN 50 WORKINGS OCCUR WITHIN 1.5 MILES OF RIVERVILLE. SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS SHIPPED TO WESTHAM FURNACE (ESPENSHADE, P.140).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 39, 124P. (PL.13, P.95-97)

  • 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, P.140).

  • Deposit

    KIMBALL, J.B., 1881, THE GREENWAY IRON ORE BELT OF THE JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIA'S VOL.2, NO.1, P.4

  • Deposit

    FRAZER, PERSIFOR, JR., 1883, THE IRON ORES OF THE MIDDLE JAMES RIVER (VIRGINIA): AMERICAN INSTITUTE MINERAL ENG. TRANS., VOL.11, P.212.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO.1, 17P. (P.15).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS DARK GREY TO BLACK FINE GRAINED, MASSIVE SPECULAR HEMATITE ORE AND INTERLAYERED WITH "MOTHEATEN" LEACHED CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE AND QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE WITH BLUE QUARTZ CLASTS. ALSO TAN TO GREY PHYLLITE WITH DISSEMINATED MARTITE AND MICACEOUS QUARTZITE. ORE IS PART BANDED IRON FORMATION.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

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

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