| Lat / long: | 36.79229, -80.12006 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Magnetite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Albite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | VEINS, IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1900 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Metamorphic |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1906 |
| Host rock: | Lynchburg Formation, Metagabbro Unit |
| Host type: | Gabbro,Schist |
| Associated rock: | Lynchburg Formation, Metagabbro Unit |
| Associated type: | Gabbro |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Bowens Creek Fault, Cooper Creek Anticline, Gabbro Sill |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont |
| Alteration processes: | Retrograde Low Grade Metamorphism |
| MRDS | W031232 |
| DEP | 10080145 |
| Reference | {Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: VDMR OPEN-FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., AND HENIKA, W.S., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE PHILPOTT RESERVOIR QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 22, 46 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL VA. ORE & LUMBER CO.: MINED ORE}{Deposit:: 1970 GEOLMAP VA. DIV. MIN. RES.: MAPPED QUADRANGLE}{Production:: WATSON (1907)} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |