Commodities
TertiaryIron, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeUnconsolidated Sediments
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Shady
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge Front
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10067288
MRDS IDVA01779
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.86063, -81.09481
References
OLD LADY IN STORE AT CRIPPLE CREEK, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, H.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 132.MCCREATH, A.S., AND D'INVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PA, PP. 134-135.