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Old Dixie Mine

Past Producer in Rockbridge county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082571
MRDS ID W055415
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dixie Mine
Alternate or previous names Coalshire Coldshort

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.17058, 37.90144 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Relative position 1.5 MILES E OF VESUVIUS
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockbridge

Comments on the location information

  • CAVED OPENING TO INCLINE IS ABOUT 100 METERS S SE ACROSS DRAINAGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Erwin
    Rock description Erwin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.17058, 37.90144
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Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 7.62M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Allegheny Ore And Iron Co.
    First year 1907

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on development

  • STOPING VISIBLE IN THE OLD INCLINE-1987.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W055415

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WERNER, H.J., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE VESIVIUS QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA, VDMR, R.I. 7, 53P.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA, J.F. BELL COMPANY, LYNCHBURG, 618P.

  • Deposit

    BARWOOD, H.L. AND ZELAZNY, L.W., 1982, PHOSPHATE MINERALS IN THE VESIVIUS, VIRGINIA AREA, IN ROCKS AND MINERALS, VOL.57, NO.1, P.20-22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHOSPHATE MINERALS (ROCKBRIDGEITE WITH STREGITE, CACOXENITE AND KIDWELLITE CRYSTALS IN VUGS).
Deposit 2 MILES OF TRAM ROAD CONNECT WITH THE DIXIE SIDING. PHOTOGRAPH IN WATSON, 1907, P.436. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources