Mine detail: Nuttal Manganese Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

36.48841, -78.92196

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane
Gangue:	Jasper
Orebody form:	LENSOID AND NODULAR
Discovery year:	1945

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1957
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Mount Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Quartzite,Marble,Mica Schist
Structure:	Triassic Tectonism (?)
Tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon
Alteration processes:	Jasperization

References

MRDS	W055360
DEP	10082518
Reference	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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