Location: | Appomattox County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.4945, -78.90946 |
dep_id: | 10082517 |
mrds_id: | W055361 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Manganese |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Psilomelane, Wad |
orebody_fm: | LENSOID, NODULAR |
conc_proc: | Remobilization Tertiary To Holocene (?) By Meteoric Water |
ore_ctrl: | Stratabound Submarine Hydrothermal Activity, Later Remobilized By Ground Water |
Reporter: | As |
hrock_unit: | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
hrock_type: | Quartzite,Marble |
Structure: | Smith River Allocthon |
tectonic: | Ne-Sw Trending Rift Related Basin Containing Metal Rich Brines |
yfp_ba: | > |
Year first produced: | 1955 |
References: |
- ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, 155P
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