Mine detail: Rocky Knob Prospect

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Location: Floyd County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.81979, -80.34285
dep_id: 10080135
mrds_id: W031221
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Iron, Pig Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Biotite, Mica, Quartz
model: 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Reporter: Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)
hrock_unit: Lynchburg Formation
hrock_type: Schist,Amphibolite
Structure: Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic: Orogen
References:
  • 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
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