Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Shady/Erwin Contact
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge Front
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1850
Last production1875
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10067249
MRDS IDVA01735
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.8048, -81.43371
References
MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 95-97STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VGS BULLETIN 17, P. 153-154.