Pigg River Iron Mine

Occurrence in Franklin City (City) 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067297
MRDS ID VA01788
Record type Site
Current site name Pigg River Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.92671, 36.97535 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Mount(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Danville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greensboro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)

Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)

Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Franklin City (City)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.92671, 36.97535

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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