Mine detail: Umbarger Mine

Previously called 'Greene Mine Local Name'

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.76619, -81.37482
dep_id: 10067298
mrds_id: VA01789
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite, Psilomelane
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Shady
hrock_type: Dolomite
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
References:
  • 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.
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