Mine detail: White Rock Number 2 Mine

Previously called 'White Rock Furnace Banks'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.82702, -81.33065

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Ore: Limonite, Psilomelane
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Shady
Host type:Dolomite
Tectonic:Blue Ridge Front

References

MRDSVA01741
DEP10067254
Reference{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, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 76-78.}{Deposit:: GOOCH, E.O., 12954, IRON IN VIRGINIA: VDG MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 1, P. 9.}
ReporterWilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)