Mine detail: Moore Manganese Prospect

Previously called 'Nuttal Mn Prospect'

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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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