| Deposit ID | 10082569 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055413 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bible Ridge North Hematite Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.89613, 37.55784 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 192 |
| Relative position | 0.85 MILES N NW OF GLADSTONE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Nelson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group | ||||
| Rock description | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -78.89613, 37.55784 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tight Isoclinal Folds; Folds Show Ptygmatic Quartz Phacoids |
| General form | LENSOID, BANDED, INTERBANDED, LAMINATED |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 35 E |
| Dip | 50 SE |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1883 |
| District name | James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Westvaco |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055413 |
FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 39 (PL.13, P.63).
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL.2).
CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LAMINATED HEMATITE RICH LAYERING, BANDED IRON FORMATION CONFORMABLE TO GREY PHYLLITE WHICH WEATHERS TO LIGHT BROWN "SCHIST." WITH CONFORMABLE QUARTZ PHACOIDS MINERALIZED ZONE THICKENED BY TIGHT ISOCLINAL FOLDING; JOINT PLANES 35 SE VERTICAL FAULT S 60 W. |
| Deposit | WORKINGS AT BOUNDARY OF HARDWOOD FOREST AND WESTVACO PINE SEEDLINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-87 | AS | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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