Mine detail: Umbarger Prospect

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.76675, -81.36371
dep_id: 10067252
mrds_id: VA01739
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
Year first produced: 1925
yr_lst_prd: 1945
disc_yr: 1925
References:
  • 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. 145-146.
  • Deposit:: MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN. DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 137.
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