Mine detail: White Rock No. 1 Mine

Previously called 'Jarmans Run Prospect'

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.78397, -81.28121
dep_id: 10067272
mrds_id: VA01763
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Shady
hrock_type: Dolomite
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
disc_yr: 1875
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: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 142.
  • Deposit:: OLD LADY AT CAMP STORE, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.
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