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

MRDS	W055362
DEP	10082519
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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