Mine detail: Umbarger Mine

Previously called 'Greene Mine Local Name'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.76619, -81.37482

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Ore: Limonite, Psilomelane
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDSVA01789
DEP10067298
Reference{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, J.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VGS BULLETIN 17, P 143-145.}{Deposit:: GOOCH, E.O., 1954, IRON IN VIRGINIA: VDG MRC 1, P. 9.}{Deposit:: MILLER, RALPH, L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MTN DISTRICT: VGS BULLETIN 61, P. 123-137.}{Deposit:: LEE ASHLIN, SUGAR GROVE, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1988.}
ReporterWilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)