Mine detail: Rocky Knob Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.81979, -80.34285

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Iron, Pig Iron
Ore: Limonite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Biotite, Mica, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Lynchburg Formation
Host type:Schist,Amphibolite
Structure:Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW031221
DEP10080135
Reference{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, IN PREPORATION.}{Deposit:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1883, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VIRGINIA, PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.}{Deposit:: 1978 RECON VA. DIV. OF MINERAL RESOURCES; PROSPECT AREA SEARCHE}
ReporterBeaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)