| Lat / long: | 36.68814, -79.93506 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Magnetite |
| Gangue: | Quartz, Sillimanite |
| Discovery year: | 1850 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Metamorphic |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| Host rock: | Fork Mountain Formation |
| Host type: | Mica Schist |
| Associated rock: | Pegmatite |
| Associated type: | Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allocthon, Foliation Of Rock In Vicinity Varies From Ne-Sw To Nw-Se. |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont |
| MRDS | W031227 |
| DEP | 10080140 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F. AND TOEWE, E.C., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE MARTINSVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 16, 44 P.}{Deposit:: NITZE, H.B.C., 1892, NOTES ON SOME OF THE MAGNETITES OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND OF THE CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY OF NORTH CAROLINA: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 20, P. 174-188.}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL DROVE SEVERAL SHAFTS.} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |