Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Tectonic settingSmith River Allocthon
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10082534
MRDS IDW055377
Alternate namesMount Athos Prospect, Mount Athos Limonite Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.41617, -79.03864
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P.CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NO.59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).