Mine detail: Button Manganese Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.487, -78.92557

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane
Gangue:	Jasper

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member Of Alligator Back Formation Of Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Brecciation
Alteration processes:	Silicification As Chert

References

MRDS	W055365
DEP	10082522
Reference	{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008, P.94 AND MAP.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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