Mine detail: Gleaves Knob Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.84174, -81.06037
dep_id: 10067287
mrds_id: VA01778
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Erwin
hrock_type: Sandstone
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, H.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 137.
  • Deposit:: CURRINS, I.A., 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION: CRIPPLE CREEK, VIRGINIA.
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