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Bible Ridge Hematite Mine

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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082567
MRDS ID W055411
Record type Site
Current site name Bible Ridge Hematite Mine
Alternate or previous names Megisson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.89057, 37.55284 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Relative position 0.7 MILES NE OF ALLEN CREEK CROSSROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Ridge(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

  • NW SLOPE OF BIBLE RIDGE, 400 FT SE OF ROUTE 657 AT BEND IN ROAD, 2100 FT S SW OF JUNCTION 622 AND 657.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION IN QUARTZITE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermally Enriched Brines In Submarine Rift-Related Fracture-Chemical Sediment

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 1880
Year of last production 1883

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 VERY SHALLOW (1-2 FT), 5 FT IN DIAMETER PROSPECT PITS. 1 E-W CUT. NO ORE COULD BE SEEN. ON CREST OF BIBLE RIDGE, LEAN HEMATITE SPECKED QUARTZITE AND MICACEOUS QUARTZITE FLOAT. NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF FORMER MINE NOW APPARENT.

Comments on development

  • KNOWN AS MEGISSON PROPERTY (FURCRON, 1935). HOUSE OF PROPERTY TORN TO FOUNDATION, CURRENT OWNER NOT ASCERTAINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39 (PL.13, P.63).

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS LITTLE TO SEE AT THIS PROPERTY. GEOLOGY EXTRAPOLATED FROM IRON MINES FARTHER NE ON STRIKE ON BIBLE RIDGE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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