Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSOID WITH CAVERNOUS VUGGY SECTIONS
Ore controlStratabound To Mt Athos Lithologies; Hydrothermally Enriched Metal-Bearing Sediments Related To Rift Fractures.
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Wad
Geology
Tectonic settingSmith River Allocthon
AlterationCarbonate Alteration To Clay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10082532
MRDS IDW055375
Alternate namesArthur Mn Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.2745, -79.19642
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1952, MANGANESE, IRON, AND BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATION FIELD STUDIES.ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MAP MF5, THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL. 2; P. 118-119).CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATIONS NO. 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).