Mine detail: Maddox Mn Mine

Previously called 'Mattox Mn Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.30089, -79.19558

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	LENSOID, NODULAR
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1939

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Quartzite,Marble
Structure:	Smith River Allocthon, On Crest Of Plunging Anticline
Alteration processes:	Calcareous Quartzite Alteration To Clay

References

MRDS	W031284
DEP	10080187
Reference	{Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LYNCHBURG QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 74, 99P. (P.77).}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008.}{Deposit:: 1931 DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFT, OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.