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North Garden Mine

Past Producer in Albemarle county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100237
MRDS ID W031219
Record type Site
Current site name North Garden Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.64751, 37.94255 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) W OF NORTH GARDEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albemarle(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Covesville(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 Albemarle

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NW OF THE END OF A JEEP TRAIL WHICH EXTENDS 0.64 KM (0.4 MI) BY TRAIL FROM THE NW SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRACKS, THE JEEP TRAIL INTERSECTS THE TRACKS ABOUT 0.48 KM (0.3 MI) SW OF THEIR INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 712.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAGNETITE OCCURS IN DARK GREY-BLACK DULL TO SUBMETALLIC MASSES OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH ILMENITE AND MINOR APATITE AND BIOTITE (DAGENHART, P. 362).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Lovingston Formation
    Rock description Lovingston Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Lovingston Formation
    Rock description Lovingston Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.64751, 37.94255
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ILMENITE IN THE ORE MADE SMELTING DIFFICULT, AND LED TO THE SITE BEING ABANDONED. APATITE LIES BETWEEN FLUORAPATITE AND HYDROXYLAPATITE IN COMPOSITION. GOETHITE OCCURS AS STAINS AND RUSTY BROWN EARTHY CRUSTS ON PRIMARY IRON OXIDES QUARTZ OCCURS AS VEINS IN THE SURROUNDING LOVINGSTON GNEISS, BUT IT IS ABSENT IN THE ORE BODY (DAGENHART, P. 365).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1775
Year of first production 1775

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hunter, Andrew G.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION RAN 52.52% FE, 6.53% TI AND 0.055% PHOSPHORUS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 55.78M
    Overall width 9M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DIMENSIONS REFER TO AN OLD OPEN CUT EXTENDING EAST-WEST WHICH IS 9 M DEEP AND IS OVERGROWN BY A MATURE MIXED HARDWOOD FOREST (DAGENHART, P. 360).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON, W.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA: J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.

  • Deposit

    DAGENHART, JR., T.V., AND MADDOX, G.L., 1977, THE HISTORY AND MINERALOGY OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD IRON MINE, NORTH GARDEN, VIRGINIA: ROCKS AND MINERALS V. 57 NO. 7 PP. 360-366.

  • Deposit

    1870 DIREXPL ANDREW G. HUNTER; ABANDONED SITE AFTER 1 YEAR

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ALBEMARLE IRON WORKS CO.; PRODUCTION IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN MODEST.

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOPHYS UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA GEOPHYSICS CLASS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR. ROBERT S. YOUNG: A MAGNETOMETER SURVEY TAKEN WITH A SHARPE MODEL A-2 VERTICAL INTENSITY MAGNETOMETER FOUND A SMALL BUT HIGH-VALUE MAGNETIC ANOMALY TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE MAJOR PIT, AND MAGNETIC FLOAT WAS OBSERVED ON THE STEEP HILL SLOPE 150-180 M (500-600 FT) WEST OF THE OLD PIT (NELSON, 1962, P. 69).

  • Production

    DAGENHART AND MADDOX, (1977).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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