Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane
GangueJasper
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mt Athos Member Of Alligator Back Formation Of Lynchburg Group
StructureBrecciation
AlterationSilicification As Chert
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1955
Last production1957
Identification
Deposit ID10082522
MRDS IDW055365
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.487, -78.92557
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, P.94 AND MAP.CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).