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Hairston Mine

Past Producer in Patrick 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10080145
MRDS ID W031232
Record type Site
Current site name Hairston Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.12006, 36.79229 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Relative position 4.5 KM (2.8 MI) SSW OF DODSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Patrick(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philpott Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Galax(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dan(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Patrick

Comments on the location information

  • 0.1 KM (0.08 MI) NNW OF END OF PRIVATE ROAD, 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) BY ROAD NORTH OF STATE HWY 346, 1.1 KM (0.7 MI) NE OF VA. HWY. 57. ADDITIONAL WORKINGS ON STUARTS KNOB, 0.7 KM TO THE NORTH (UTM N 4072740., E 578510.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Albite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Retrograde Low Grade Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result AVG. ANALYSIS: STUARTS KNOB - 58.60% FE, 6.01% SIO2, 0.09% PO4, 0.08% S
Result GOBLINTOWN CREEK-61.22% FE, 8.59% SIO2, 0.05% PO4, 0.45% S.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation, Metagabbro Unit
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation, Metagabbro Unit
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lynchburg Formation, Metagabbro Unit
    Rock description Lynchburg Formation, Metagabbro Unit

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.12006, 36.79229
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Bowens Creek Fault, Cooper Creek Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gabbro Sill

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, IRREGULAR
    Width 1.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGNETITE OCCURS IN ACTINOLITE AND CHLORITE SCHIST BANDS IN METAGABBRO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1906

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Virginia Ore And Lumber Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES GIVEN.

Comments on the workings information

  • GOBLINTOWN CREEK WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS; THE STUARTS KNOB WORKING WAS AN OPEN PIT MINE.

Comments on development

  • MINING OPERATION CONDUCTED AROUND 1906 AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS; PRIMARILY ALONG GOBLINTOWN CREEK AND ON STUARTS KNOB. A NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAY CARRIED ORE TO PHILPOTT FOR SMELTING AT UNION FURNACE. ; ECON.COM: SUPPLIED ORE FOR UNION FURNACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: VDMR OPEN-FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., AND HENIKA, W.S., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE PHILPOTT RESERVOIR QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 22, 46 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1906 DIREXPL VA. ORE & LUMBER CO.: MINED ORE

  • Deposit

    1970 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE

  • Production

    WATSON (1907)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WATSON (1907) STATED ORE OCCURRED IN A NUMBER OF LEADS 3-6 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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