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Riverville Hematite Mines

Past Producer in Amherst 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082512
MRDS ID W055355
Record type Site
Current site name Riverville Hematite Mines
Alternate or previous names St. James South Hematite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.91113, 37.52589 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Relative position 700 FT S SW FROM ST. JAMES CHURCH AT JUNCTION OF RT 600 AND RT 622

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amherst(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Amherst

Comments on the location information

  • CAN BE REACHED BY GOING UP WOODED SIDE OF HILL ON SOUTH SIDE OF STREAM ON PROPERTY OF R.D. WRIGHT FARM HOUSE AND BARN ABOUT 400 FT FROM ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • (FRAZER, 1883)

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF WASTE: 30.60% FE, FINE ORE: 56.92% FE, PHOSPORUS 0.02%, WASTE 0.06% FOR FINE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
    Rock description Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.91113, 37.52589
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Smith River Allocthon; Tight Folding And Stacked Allocthons

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND BANDED AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • (Hydrothermally Generated Brines In Submarine Rift Related Fracture)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name James River-Roanoke River Mn, Fe And Ba District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. D. Wright

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SE OF WRIGHT FARM HOUSE ON WOODED SLOPE IS N-NW TO S-SE CUT 30 FT LONG WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF BANDED IRON FORMATION (FINELY LAMINATED SPECULAR HEMATITE QUARTZITE AND BLUE QUARTZ LONGLOMERATE WITH 1-5 MM QUARTZ CLASTS. DRIFT SAID TO BE 200 FT TO INTERSECT ORE ZONE. ANOTHER DRIFT OF 60 FT.

Comments on development

  • PART OF RIVERVILLE HEMATITE MINES OPERATED BY DOVER MINING AND OTHERS AND SHIPPED TO WESTHAM FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 39 (P.63, PL.13; P.92).

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P. (PL.2).

  • Deposit

    GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 1, P.15.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HART TUNNEL
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

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

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