Mine detail: Groseclose Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.86063, -81.09481

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Manganese, Iron
Ore: Psilomelane
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unconsolidated Sediments
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSVA01779
DEP10067288
Reference{Deposit:: OLD LADY IN STORE AT CRIPPLE CREEK, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{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. 132.}{Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., AND *NVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PA, PP. 134-135.}
ReporterWilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)