Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPARALLEL LENSES
Ore controlStartabound Later Reworked By Meteoric Water
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
GangueBarite, Chalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
StructureSmith River Allocthon, Collaple Brecciation
Tectonic settingPiedmont Allocthon Stack
AlterationLeaching Of Calcareous Quartzite And Marble Causing Slumping And Brecciation.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1938
Last production1943
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10082542
MRDS IDW055385
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.16313, -79.30808
References
ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVE MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P., PL.2, PL.11-12, P.132-134