Mine detail: Williams Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.86035, -81.10648
dep_id: 10067293
mrds_id: VA01784
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane
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, H.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, MAP.
  • Deposit:: OLD LADY AT STORE IN CRIPPLE CREEK, 1988, PERSONNEL COMMUNICATION.
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