Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlStratabound Chemical Precipitation Of Brines In Paleo Rift - Related Fractures And Basin.
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Tectonic settingSmith River Allocthon And Underlying Allocthon Stack
AlterationLeaching And Solution Of Mn Calcareous Quartzite And Marble
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10082531
MRDS IDW055374
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.2395, -78.24194
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, (PL.2, P.123).CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).