Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge Front
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1925
Last production1945
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10067252
MRDS IDVA01739
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.76675, -81.36371
References
STOSE, 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. 145-146.MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN. DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 137.