Mine detail: White Rock No. 1 Mine

Previously called 'Jarmans Run Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.78397, -81.28121

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Limonite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSVA01763
DEP10067272
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: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 142.}{Deposit:: OLD LADY AT CAMP STORE, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}
ReporterWilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)