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Canal Tunnel Hematite Magnetite Prospect

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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10106396
MRDS ID W055350
Record type Site
Current site name Canal Tunnel Hematite Magnetite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Part of Prospecting In Riverville Mines System, Known As Canal Tunnel, Riverville Hematite Mine Espenshade 1954,, Pl, 2 #144.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.89974, 37.53145 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 0.5 MILE NNW FROM RIVERVILLE

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

  • AT BASE OF CLIFF ON WEST BANK OF PROMINENT TIGHT BEND IN JAMES RIVER. ABOUT 20 FT ABOVE RAILROAD TRACK JUST W OF ABANDONED PARTLY FILLED CANAL. CAN BE REACHED BY DIRT ROAD LEADING N FOR 0.25 MI FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT MANGANESE STOCKPILES AT RIVERVILLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.89974, 37.53145
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Smith River Allocthon

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL TO STEEP SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of last production 1881

Mining district

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Adams Scott And Co.; Dover Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT GOES AT LEAST 50 FT (ACCESSIBLE) NW INTO CLIFF SLOPE ABOUT 20 FT ELEVATION ABOVE RAILROAD TRACKS. FURCRON (1935, P.92) SAYS THIS CROSS CUT WAS DRIVEN FOR 300 FT INTO THE BLUFF.

Comments on development

  • THIS CUT WAS MADE TO REACH ORE STRATA AT A LOW LEVEL AND BRING OUT ORE TO THE RECENTLY COMPLETED RAILROAD. MAY HAVE BEEN PRIMARELY EXPLORATION CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 39, P.92.

  • Deposit

    ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P. (P.140; PL.2)

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT ENTRANCE OF ADIT MAGNETITE QUARTZITE N 30 E NEAR VERTICAL DIP WALL ROCK
Deposit THESE ARE STRATABOUND IRON FORMATIONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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