Location: | Campbell County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.15063, -79.31892 |
dep_id: | 10080128 |
mrds_id: | W031211 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Manganese |
Minor mineral: | Copper |
Trace mineral: | Iron, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Limonite, Malachite, Psilomelane, Pyrite |
gangue: | Hematite, Ilmenite, Quartz, Turquoise |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
hrock_unit: | Chopawamsic (Mount Athos Formation) |
hrock_type: | Quartzite,Marble,Schist |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium |
tectonic: | Piedmont |
Year first produced: | 1885 |
disc_yr: | 1885 |
References: |
- Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.
- Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MANGANESE OXIDES IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION COMMISSION, PP. 235-259.
- Deposit:: SWEET, P.C., 1974, MINERAL-AND FOSSIL-COLLECTING LOCALITIES IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 20, NO. 1, PP 1-8.
- Deposit:: POOLE, J.L., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 20, NO. 2, PP. 9-16.
- Production:: ESPENSHADE (1954)
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