Mine detail: Umbarger Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.76675, -81.36371

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Psilomelane
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1925
Last production ended:	1945

Geology

Tectonic:

Blue Ridge Front

References

MRDS	VA01739
DEP	10067252
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)