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Slippery Branch Limonite Prospect

Occurrence in Campbell 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082534
MRDS ID W055377
Record type Site
Current site name Slippery Branch Limonite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mount Athos Prospect, Mount Athos Limonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.03864, 37.41617 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position TOP OF MT ATHOS RIDGE, SW SIDE OF ROUTE 726 ACROSS ROAD FROM QUARTZITE QUARRY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Campbell(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(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 Campbell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STONE QUARRY TO NE OF DEPOSIT ON NE SIDE OF ROUTE 726 HAS N 40 E/75 SE DIP ON QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION, IF ANY, UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • ON CREST OF MT ATHOS ON SW SIDE OF SLIPPERY CREEK IS A LEVEN DEPRESSION WITH NE TRENT FOR ABOUT 50 FT, 8 FT IN WIDTH; MILKY QUARTZ FLOAT QUARTZITE; NO LIMONITE OR HEMATITE ORE OBSERVED; AREA LARGELY COVERED WITH LEAVES.

Comments on development

  • FURCRON (1935) SHOWS IT AS PROSPECT, ESPENSHADE (1954) AS LIMONITE MINE FIELD CHECK DISCLOSED NO ORE AND LACK OF ANY EXTENSIVE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P.

  • Deposit

    CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NO.59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTED MILKY QUARTZ FLOAT, MOUNT ATHOSE CONGLOMERATIC QUARTZITE FLOAT WITH 1-2 MM QUARTZ CLASTS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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