Description
James E. Mills (?) Furcron, 1954, P.81
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlMay Originally Have Been Controlled By Submarine Paleorift Or Rift-Related Fractures In Marine Basin.
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mt Athos Formation, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Last production1935
Discovery year1867
Identification
Deposit ID10082535
MRDS IDW055378
Alternate namesSmithson, Whitman, Trent, Mount Athos
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.39006, -79.04114
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P.HEWETT, D.F., 1934, FIELD NOTES ON LEETS MINE IN FILES OF U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYFURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, BULLETIN 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 124P. (P.105-106).CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).