Mine detail: Phillips Mn Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.2395, -78.24194

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Quartzite
Tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon And Underlying Allocthon Stack
Alteration processes:	Leaching And Solution Of Mn Calcareous Quartzite And Marble

References

MRDS	W055374
DEP	10082531
Reference	{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, (PL.2, P.123).}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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