Virginia · Wythe County
Occurrence
Housman Prospect
Wythe County, Virginia, United States
Iron
Manganese
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Commodities
Primary
Iron, Manganese
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Workings
Surface
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Materials
Ore minerals
Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rock
Dolomite · Shady
Tectonic setting
Blue Ridge Front
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Discovery year
1875
Identification
Deposit ID
10067291
MRDS ID
VA01782
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
36.86396, -81.1487
References
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