These seem to be the essential sources relating to iron in
Rockbridge and surrounding counties:
SEARCH STRING: su:rockbridge and su:iron
DATABASE: GeoRefS
Record: 1
AGI NO: 89-25181
AUTHOR: Kearns, Lance E.; Penick, D. Allen
TITLE: The Dixie Mine, Rockbridge County, Virginia
AUTH AFFIL: James Madison Univ., Dep. Geol., Harrisonburg, VA, United States
Va. Div. Miner. Resour., USA
PUBLISHER: Heldref Publications, Washington, DC, United States
SOURCE: Rocks and Minerals, v. 64, n. 1, p. 42-45
PUB DATE: 1989
FORMAT: illus. incl. sketch map
REFERENCES: 12
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 01C - Mineralogy of non-silicates
DESCRIPTOR: Appalachians; cacoxenite; collecting; crystals; Dixie Mine;
dufrenite; iron ores; kidwellite; metal ores;
mineral localities; mineralogy; minerals; North America;
paragenesis; phosphates; popular geology; rare minerals;
Rockbridge County Virginia; rockbridgeite; strengite;
United States; Valley and Ridge Province; Virginia
CNTRY PUBL: United States
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Analytic
ISSN: 0035-7529
CODEN: ROCMAR
LATITUDES: N370000; N370000
LONGITUDES: W0790000; W0790000
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute.
Record: 2
AGI NO: 88-22256
MONO AUTH: Lesure, Frank G.
MONO TITLE: Mineral resources of the Rich Hole Roadless Area, Alleghany and
Rockbridge counties, Virginia
AUTH AFFIL: U. S. Geol. Surv., USA
PUBLISHER: U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
SOURCE: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin,
PUB DATE: 1987
MONO PAGES: 15 p.
FORMAT: 2 tables, sketch maps
REFERENCES: 56
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 26A - Economic geology, general, deposits; 02C - Geochemistry of
rocks, soils, and sediments
DESCRIPTOR: Alleghany County Virginia; Appalachians; Central Appalachians;
clays; construction materials; economic geology;
economic geology maps; geochemical methods; geochemistry;
geologic maps; iron ores; maps; metal ores;
mineral exploration; mineral resources; mines; North America;
Paleozoic; Rich Hole Roadless Area;
Rockbridge County Virginia; sedimentary rocks; surveys;
United States; USGS; Virginia; west-central Virginia;
wilderness areas
ABSTRACT: Mineral resource surveys indicate that much of the area has
inferred low-grade iron resources that occur in folded
sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic age. Other mineral resources
include rocks suitable for crushed stone, quartzite suitable for
high-silica uses; limestone suitable for agricultural purposes,
and shale suitable for structural clay products. A potential for
natural gas may exist but cannot be quantified from present
knowledge.
CNTRY PUBL: United States
PUB TYPE: Serial, Report, Map Record Level: Monographic, geologic maps
REPORT NO: B 1667
ISSN: 0364-4510
CODEN: XDIGAS
LATITUDES: N375000; N375500
LONGITUDES: W0793500; W0794000
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute.
Record: 3
AGI NO: 68-50871
MONO AUTH: Spencer, Edgar W.
MONO TITLE: Geology of the Natural Bridge, Sugarloaf Mountain, Buchanan, and
Arnold Valley quadrangles, Virginia
TITLE NOTE: 13
PUBLISHER: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA,
United States
SOURCE: Report of Investigations - Virginia, Division of Mineral
Resources,
PUB DATE: 1968
MONO PAGES: 55 p.
FORMAT: illus., tables, geol. maps
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 12 - Stratigraphy; 16 - Structural geology; 23 - Geomorphology
DESCRIPTOR: Arnold Valley Qquadrangle; Botetourt County Virginia;
boundary area; Buchanan quadrangle; faults; geologic maps;
geomorphology; lower; maps; Natural Bridge;
Natural Bridge quadrangle; origin; overthrust; Paleozoic;
Precambrian; Precambrian-Devonian; Rockbridge County Virginia;
stratigraphy; structural geology;
Sugarloaf Mountain quadrangle; United States; Virginia
ABSTRACT: The quadrangles include portions of the Blue Ridge and Valley
and Ridge provinces. Drainage changes were involved in the
origin of Natural Bridge. Stratigraphy ranges from the
Precambrian Virginia Blue Ridge Complex to the Devonian Brallier
Formation, and relationships are complicated by imbricate thrust
sheets and faulted folds. Precambrian and Lower Cambrian units
moved westward along several thrusts, narrowing the Appalachian
Valley until, in the Buchanan area, Precambrian and Silurian are
less than 2 1/2 miles apart. In the Arnold Valley area, a window
in the Precambrian exposes Middle Cambrian Erwin and Shady
Formations. In the southwest, Cambrian units are west of ridge-
forming Silurian and Devonian rocks, a displacement of over
eight miles. Limestone, dolomite, and clay are being produced at
present, and iron and manganese have been mined in the past.
CNTRY PUBL: United States
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Monographic
ISSN: 0083-6346
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 4
AGI NO: 49-11776
AUTHOR: Milton, Charles; Murata, Kiguma Jack; Knechtel, Maxwell
McMichael
TITLE: Weinschenkite, yttrium phosphate dihydrate, from Virginia
PUBLISHER: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, United States
SOURCE: American Mineralogist, v. 29, n. 3-4, p. 92-107
PUB DATE: 1944
FORMAT: illus.
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 27 - Economic geology of ore deposits
DESCRIPTOR: iron; Kelly Bank; Kelly Bank mine; manganese; metals;
mineral data; mineral deposits, genesis; mineralogy;
Rockbridge County Virginia; United States; Virginia;
Weinschenkite
CNTRY PUBL: United States
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Analytic
ISSN: 0003-004X
CODEN: AMMIAY
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 5
AGI NO: 49-09431
MONO AUTH: Knechtel, Maxwell McMichael
MONO TITLE: Manganese deposits of the Lyndhurst-Vesuvius District, Augusta
and Rockbridge counties, Virginia
TITLE NOTE: This material was reproduced by means other than ordinary
printing
PUBLISHER: U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
SOURCE: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin, , p. 163-198
PUB DATE: 1944
FORMAT: illus.
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 27 - Economic geology of ore deposits
DESCRIPTOR: benches; Cambrian; carbonate rocks; carbonates; Cenozoic;
clastic sediments; clay; dolomite; economic geology;
erosion features; faults; folds;
Geologic formations, lists, sections, tables; geologic maps;
gravel; historical geology; iron; karst; limestone;
Lyndhurst-Vesuvius district;
Lyndhurst-Vesuvius district manganese deposits;
Lyndhurst-Vesuvius manganese district; manganese;
manganese deposits; maps; metals; mineral deposits, genesis;
mineralogy; oxides; Paleozoic; peneplains; physical geology;
Precambrian; psilomelane; pyrolusite; Quaternary;
sedimentary rocks; sediments; sinkholes; solution features;
South Dakota; terraces; Tertiary; United States; USGS; Virginia
CNTRY PUBL: United States
PUB TYPE: Serial, Report Record Level: Monographic, index mapsgeologic
maps
REPORT NO: B 0940-F
ISSN: 8755-531X
CODEN: XDIGAS
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 6
AGI NO: 18-29225
AUTHOR: Pechin, Edmund C.
TITLE: The iron ores at Buena Vista, Rock-bridge County, Virginia
TITLE NOTE: 48
PUBLISHER: McGraw Hill, New York, NY, United States
SOURCE: Engineering and Mining Journal, , p. 92-93
PUB DATE: 1889
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 27 - Economic geology of ore deposits
DESCRIPTOR: Buena Vista; economic geology; iron; metals;
Rockbridge County Virginia; United States; Virginia
CNTRY PUBL: United States
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Analytic
ISSN: 0361-3941
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 7
AGI NO: 18-18474
AUTHOR: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
TITLE: Iron formations, Bratton Run valley, Rockbridge County, Virginia
SOURCE: The Virginias, v. 2, p. 53
PUB DATE: 1881
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 27 - Economic geology of ore deposits
DESCRIPTOR: economic geology; iron; metals; Rockbridge County Virginia;
United States; Virginia
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Analytic
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 1
AGI NO: 96-56191
MONO AUTH: Ogg, Charles Morgan
MONO TITLE: Pedogenesis and geomorphic implications of soils developed on
Blue Ridge alluvial fans, Virginia
CORP INFO: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg,
VA, United States
(Doctoral Degree)
PUB DATE: 1995
MONO PAGES: 272 p.
AVAILABLE: University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 25 - Soils
DESCRIPTOR: alluvial fans; Appalachians; Augusta County Virginia;
Blue Ridge Province; Botetourt County Virginia; bulk density;
Cenozoic; clay minerals; discriminant analysis; gibbsite;
horizons; iron; kaolinite; metals; Miocene;
mixed-layer minerals; multivariate analysis; Neogene;
North America; oxides; Page County Virginia; patterns;
pedogenesis; principal components analysis; properties;
Rockingham County Virginia; sheet silicates; silicates; soils;
Southern Appalachians; statistical analysis; Tertiary;
transport; United States; upper Miocene; variations;
vermiculite; Virginia; weathering
CNTRY PUBL: United States
PUB TYPE: Thesis or dissertation Record Level: Monographic
LATITUDES: N371900; N374800N375300; N382800N381300; N385100N382500; N384900
LONGITUDES: W0793000; W0800400W0784500; W0793000W0782900; W0791400W0781800;
W0784200
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute.
Record: 3
AGI NO: 18-17476
MONO AUTH: Hinsdale, William Russell
MONO TITLE: Report on Roaring Run iron ore property, Botetourt and Allegheny
counties, Virginia
TITLE NOTE: [Priv pub]
PUB DATE: 1911
MONO PAGES: 51 p.
FORMAT: maps N Y
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 27 - Economic geology of ore deposits
DESCRIPTOR: economic geology; iron; metals; Roaring Run property;
United States; Virginia
PUB TYPE: Record Level: Monographic
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 4
AGI NO: 18-05125
AUTHOR: Campbell, John Lyle
TITLE: The Purgatory iron property, Botetourt County, Virginia
TITLE NOTE: The Virginias 1
SOURCE: , p. 156-158
PUB DATE: 1880
FORMAT: map
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 27 - Economic geology of ore deposits
DESCRIPTOR: Botetourt County Virginia; economic geology; iron; metals;
United States; Virginia
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Analytic
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 5
AGI NO: 18-05123
AUTHOR: Campbell, John Lyle
TITLE: Geological features of the Arcadia iron property [Botetourt
County, Virginia]
TITLE NOTE: The Virginias 1
SOURCE: , p. 104-105
PUB DATE: 1880
FORMAT: map
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 27 - Economic geology of ore deposits
DESCRIPTOR: Botetourt County Virginia; economic geology;
historical geology; iron; metals; United States; Virginia
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Analytic
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 6
AGI NO: 18-02191
AUTHOR: Beckwith, Leonard Forbes
TITLE: The Arcadia iron property [Botetourt County, Virginia]
TITLE NOTE: The Virginias 1
SOURCE: , p. 110-112
PUB DATE: 1880
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 27 - Economic geology of ore deposits
DESCRIPTOR: Botetourt County Virginia; economic geology; iron; metals;
United States; Virginia
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Analytic
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Record: 9
AGI NO: 18-05132
AUTHOR: Campbell, John Lyle
TITLE: Report on the mineral prospects of the Saint Mary iron property
[Augusta County, Virginia]
TITLE NOTE: The Virginias 4
SOURCE: , p. 19-20
PUB DATE: 1883
FORMAT: map
LANGUAGE: English
SECTION: 26 - Economic geology, general
DESCRIPTOR: Augusta County Virginia; economic geology; United States;
Virginia
PUB TYPE: Serial Record Level: Analytic
REF SOURCE: GeoRef, Copyright 1996, American Geological Institute. Reference
includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American
Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States