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Maude Hematite Mine

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. 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 10082515
MRDS ID W055357
Record type Site
Current site name Maude Hematite Mine
Alternate or previous names Maude View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.99199, 37.48006 (WGS84)
Elevation 186
Relative position 400 FT AND FARTHER E OF RT 624 ON BLUFF ON S SIDE OF PARTRIDGE (FORMERLY PORRIDGE) CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Botetourt(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Daleville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Amherst

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1881 GRADE (FRAZER, 1883): 240 TONS WITH 49.63% FE, 0.075% P, 20.33% SIO2; HIGHEST GRADE (FROM VEIN IN WEST TUNNEL): 56.02% FE, 0.04% P; RANGE OF 20 ANALYSES: 36.36% TO 56.02% FE, 0.07% TO 0.18% P, 16,33% TO 23.5% SIO2 (FROM FURCRON, 1935,P. 90).

Analytical data

Result AV. ORE IN 1880: 63.43% FE, 0.14% PHOSPHORUS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.99199, 37.48006
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUTCROP NEAR WORKINGS OF GRAY QUARTZITE AND CONGLOMERATIC QUARTZITE WITH BLUE QUARTZ CLASTS N37E/80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1882

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Dunlap

Comments on the production information

  • DAILY PRODUCTION 50-75 TONS (KIMBALL, 1881)

Comments on the workings information

  • A 45 DEGREE ADIT, TREND N20E, 4 FT WIDE, 30 FT DEEP, SHOWS GRAY PHYLLITE WITH SPECULAR HEMATITE AND LIMONITIC SPOTS (1-10 MM), AND 1-2 MM MAGNETITE (MARTITE) OCTAHEDRA; N20E/DIP VERTICAL TO 85 DEGREES SE. NUMEROUS OTHER TUNNELS NOW ACCESSIBLE; WESTERN TUNNEL N TO E EXCAVATED INTO WALL OF CREEK VALLEY. EAST BANK PARTRIDGE CREEK HAS 25 FT CUT WITH FOOTWALL GREEN SLATY CHLORITE SCHIST; HANGING WALL QUARTZITE CONGLOMERATE (FURCRON, P 89).

Comments on development

  • ONE OF 3 MOST IMPORTANT ORE PRODUCING AREAS OF DISTRICT. MAIN WORKING FOLLOWED WESTERN LIMB OF A SOUTHWARD PITCHING SYNCLINE (FURCRON, 1935,P. 88). ORE BED CUT OFF BY BARREN QUARTZ VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P., (P. 140-141, LOCATION MAP).

  • Deposit

    FRAZIER, PERSIFOR, JR, 1883, THE IRON ORES OF THE MIDDLE JAMES RIVER: AM. INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERING TRANS., V.11, P. 201-216.

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, BULL 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY, 124 P. (P. 89; PLATE 13).

  • Deposit

    GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA, MINERAL RESOURCES CIRC. NO. 1, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 17 P. (P.15 PLATE 10).

  • Deposit

    KIMBALL, J.P., 1881, THE GREENWAY IRON ORE BELT OF THE JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA: THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 2, NO. 1, PP. 2-5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME FE ORE WAS MANGANIFEROUS
Deposit NUMEROUS SMALL PITS, REMAINS OF BLAST FURNACE, STONE FOUNDATION AND CHIMNEY ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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