Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlHydrothermal Submarine Brines
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Wad
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Mica Schist · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
StructureSmith River Allocthon, Close Folding Inferred From Adjacent Saunders Property
AlterationClay Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1955
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10082539
MRDS IDW055381
Alternate namesHall Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.22562, -79.27308
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P.HALL, JOHN, EVINGTON VIRGINIA, MAY 1987, PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION.