Mine detail: Hull Bank

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.78869, -81.21787
dep_id: 10067250
mrds_id: VA01737
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Shady
hrock_type: Dolomite
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
disc_yr: 1910
References:
  • Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ F.S., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VGS BULLETIN 17, P. 150-152.
  • Deposit:: MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 127.
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