Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSOID, NODULAR
Ore controlMetal Rich Brines In Rift Related Submarine Basin
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Marble · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
StructureSmith River Allocthon, On Crest Of Plunging Anticline
AlterationCalcareous Quartzite Alteration To Clay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1939
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10080187
MRDS IDW031284
Alternate namesMattox Mn Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.30089, -79.19558
References
BROWN, W.R., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LYNCHBURG QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 74, 99P. (P.77).ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008.1931 DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFT, OPEN CUTS, MINEDDIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINEDEDMUNDSON (1938)