Description
May Have Been Prospected The Same Time As Nearby Mcgehee Mn Mine (1915 Or Probably 1941).
Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlBrecciation Suggests Faulting But May Have Come From Leaching Of Marbles With Collapse
Geology
StructureCollapse Structures From Leaching Of Calcareous Mt Athos Quartzite (?)
Tectonic settingSmith River Allocthon
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10082533
MRDS IDW055376
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates37.27839, -78.18916
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL.2).CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 330. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).