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Gay Hematite Mine

Past Producer in Nelson 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082570
MRDS ID W055414
Record type Site
Current site name Gay Hematite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.82974, 37.612 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position 0.5 MILES SW OF BUFFALO STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nelson(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gladstone(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 Nelson

Comments on the location information

  • ON W SIDE OF OWENS CREEK AT SHARP BEND 1100 FT S-SW (AZIMUTH 196) OF SECOND OF THREE 90 DEGREE BENDS, IN ROUTE 626 W OF BUFFALO STATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "STEEL," HARD ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.82974, 37.612
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID BANDED AND INTERBANDED IRON FORMATION

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound Banded Iron Formation

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SLATE IS UNUSUAL COMPARED TO OTHER IRON MINES VISITED BY THE REPORTER (RSG).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON THE W SIDE OF OWENS CREEK THERE IS A 10 FT PIT AND A 5 FT PIT WITH AN ORE PILE 50 FT FROM CREEK BANK, IN CLIFF ON E BANK OF OWENS CREEK A 30 FT ADIT AT N 35 E SHOWS GREY, "ARVONIA-LIKE" SLATE (N 35 E/60 SE) WITH ORE ZONE 1 FT THICK IN ROTTEN, CONFORMABLE, TAN, LIMONTIC, FINE GRAINED QUARTZITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ON DUMPS IS SLABBY, STEEL GREY, SPECULAR HEMATITE-QUARTZ ROCK OF BANDED IRON FORMATION; EXPLORATION ADIT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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