Mine detail: Piedmont Manganese Mine

Previously called 'LernerMyers'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.3695, -79.03947

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese, Iron
Ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL LENSE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890
Last production ended:	1946

Geology

Host rock:	Lynchburg Group, Alligator Back Formation, Mt Athos Member
Host type:	Mica Schist
Structure:	Se Limb Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, W Of Bowens Creek Fault With Smith River Allocthon To East., Schistosity N 35-60 E, Dip *S Se To 80 Nw
Tectonic:	Rift Related

References

MRDS	W055373
DEP	10082530
Reference	{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT VIRGINIA BULLETION 1008, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1916, SOME MANGANESE MINES IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, P.49-54.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1987, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, HARRIS VOLUME IN PRESS.}
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