Mine detail: Barton Bank

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.8048, -81.43371
dep_id: 10067249
mrds_id: VA01735
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Shady/Erwin Contact
hrock_type: Dolomite
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
Year first produced: 1850
yr_lst_prd: 1875
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 95-97
  • Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VGS BULLETIN 17, P. 153-154.
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