Mine detail: Schoolhouse Manganese Mine

Previously called 'Iron Hill School'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.46256, -78.94891

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Psilomelane

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1938
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos Marble Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Marble
Tectonic:Smith-River Allocthon

References

MRDSW055362
DEP10082519
Reference{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, BULL. 1008, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P.95-96.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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