Mine detail: Hoover Iron Pigment Mine #45

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Location

Lat / long:

36.94424, -80.72341

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Manganese
Ore:	Goethite, Hematite, Lepidocrocite, Limonite, Psilomelane
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR PODS
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Erwin Quartzite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Hiwassee Thrust, Powatan Thrust Area Of Imbricate Deteched Thrust Sheet., Chimney Syncline, Delton Cross Fault, Reed Island Anticline
Tectonic:	Carbonate Ramp Homocline: Upward Shallowing Platform Margin.
Alteration processes:	Shady Dolomite Alterating To Kaolinite Clay; Pyrite To Limonite

References

MRDS	VA01725
DEP	10067240
Reference	{Deposit:: MCDOWELL, R.C., 1968, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF MAC * MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA, PHD DISSERTATION, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTIT., 144 P.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, S.S., 1964, IRON AND TITANIUM PIGMENTS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 10 NUMBER 3, P. 1-6.}{Deposit:: HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, PART IV IRON IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA, T.L. WATSON, J.P. BELL, LYNCHBURG, VA., 1907}{Deposit:: HOOVER, C.H., JR., 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}{Deposit:: READ, J.F., 1985, CARBONATE PLATFORM FACIES MODELS: AM. ASSOC. PETROLEUM GEOL. BULL. V. 69 NUMBER 1 P. 1-21}{Deposit:: PHEIL, R.W. AND READ, J.F., 1980 CARBONATE PLATFORM FACIES IN THE SHADY DOLOMITE, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA, USA JOURN. SED. PET. VOL. 50 NUMBER 1, P. 91-115.}
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