Mine detail: White Rock Number 1 Mine

Previously called 'White Rock Furnace Banks'

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.8273, -81.32288
dep_id: 10067253
mrds_id: VA01740
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane
orebody_fm: RESIDUAL
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Shady
hrock_type: Dolomite
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
yr_lst_prd: 1875
disc_yr: 1875
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. 148.
  • Deposit:: MILLER, RALPH L., 1944, GIOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN. DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 76-78.
  • Deposit:: GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA: VDG MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 1, P. 9.
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