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Myers Hematite Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105427
MRDS ID VA01724
Record type Site
Current site name Myers Hematite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.45393, 37.00285 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 1.5 MILES NNE OF PITTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pittsylvania(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(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 Pittsylvania

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1000 FEET NE OF ROUT 768 FROM SHARP NW 90 DEGREE BEND AND JNC WITH GRAVEL FARM ROAD TO EAST. WORKINGS ARE IN WOODS ON SOUTHERN SLOPE AND CREST OF HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.45393, 37.00285
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bowen'S Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOETHITE AND HEMATITE IN VUGGY CONGLOMERATE WITH IRON OXIDE CEMENT. HAS "MOTHEATEN" MT. ATHOS APPEARANCE.

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 1885
Year of last production 1885

Mining district

District name James River - Roanoke River Manganese - Iron - Barite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Myers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 0M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR N-S CUT 30-35 FEET DEEP, 50-125 FEET WIDE AT LEAST 200 FEET LONG.

Comments on development

  • NO INFORMATION IN LITERATURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARR, J.D., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NUMBER 49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800;S

Reporter information

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

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