Description
Not Known; Area To Immediate N Worked For Iron (Limonite, Specular Hematite Late 18th Century).
Commodities
PrimaryIron, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL LENSE
Ore controlSubmarine Rift Related Hydrothermal Brines
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockMica Schist · Lynchburg Group, Alligator Back Formation, Mt Athos Member
StructureSe Limb Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, W Of Bowens Creek Fault With Smith River Allocthon To East., Schistosity N 35-60 E, Dip 7' S Se To 80 Nw
Tectonic settingRift Related
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Last production1946
Identification
Deposit ID10082530
MRDS IDW055373
Alternate namesLerner, Myers
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.3695, -79.03947
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT VIRGINIA BULLETION 1008, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYHEWETT, D.F., 1916, SOME MANGANESE MINES IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, P.49-54.CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.CONLEY, J.F., 1987, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, HARRIS VOLUME IN PRESS.