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Herter Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Pittsylvania 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067238
MRDS ID VA01721
Record type Site
Current site name Herter Magnetite Mine
Alternate or previous names Hutter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.46976, 37.98144 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 2000 FEET WEST OF CROSSROADS S 768 & 672 AT PITTSFIELD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockbridge(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goshen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maury(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • 800 FEET SOUTH ON 768 FROM JNC W 672 ON NW SIDE OF ROAD EXTENDING NW INTO WOODS FOR ABOUT 380 FEET AND EXTENDING NE-SW FOR 1/4 MILE INCLUDING ONE PROSPECT NE OF 672

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.46976, 37.98144
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 20 DEGREES WEST
    Dip 13 DEGREES SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANOMALOUS STRIKE AND DIP N 30 W/ 13 SW COMPARED TO NE TRENDING STEEPLY DIPPING (75 DEGREES SE) "HOST" ROCKS SUGGESTS VERY THIN OUTLIERS OF UNCONFORMABLY ALLOCTONOUS SLIVERS OF LYNCHBURG ON FORK MOUNTAIN FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1825
Year of first production 1825
Year of last production 1900

Mining district

District name James River - Roanoke River Manganese, Iron And Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Margaret Milam

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OPEN SHAFTS TO DEPTHS OF 23, 30, 50 FEET; ONE SHAFT SAID TO BE 180 FEET DEEP NOW PARTLY CAVED. ONE OPEN ADIT, TWO OTHERS BY ROUTE 768. THREE PITS 25-30 FEET ACROSS 20-30 FEET DEEP. NUMEROUS SMALL PITS, TRENCHES. ALL SHOW SUBHORIZONTAL BEDDING. ORE ZONES SAID TO BE REPEATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1800'S
Deposit TWO LARGE PITS SHOWED SAPROLITIC IRON FORMATION AT SURFACE TO ABOUT ONE METER, NEARLY HORIZONTAL UP TO 13 DEGREES SW

Reporter information

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

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

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