Mine detail: Joshua Creek Manganese Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

37.42089, -79.0178

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Pyrolusite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W055368
DEP	10082525
Reference	ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P. (PL.2)
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