Mine detail: Nuttal Manganese Mines

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Location: Appomattox County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.48841, -78.92196
dep_id: 10082518
mrds_id: W055360
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane
gangue: Jasper
orebody_fm: LENSOID AND NODULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Jasperization
conc_proc: Meteoric Ground Water And Hydrothermal Remobilization
ore_ctrl: Synsedimentary, Remobilized; Stratabound To Calcareous Quartzites, Marble
Reporter: As
hrock_unit: Mount Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
hrock_type: Quartzite,Marble,Mica Schist
Structure: Triassic Tectonism (?)
tectonic: Smith River Allocthon
Year first produced: 1957
yr_lst_prd: 1957
disc_yr: 1945
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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