Mine detail: Mcgehee Limonite Prospect

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Location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.27839, -78.18916
dep_id: 10082533
mrds_id: W055376
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
work_type: Unknown
ore_ctrl: Brecciation Suggests Faulting But May Have Come From Leaching Of Marbles With Collapse
Reporter: As
Structure: Collapse Structures From Leaching Of Calcareous Mt Athos Quartzite (?)
tectonic: Smith River Allocthon
disc_yr: 1941
discr: May Have Been Prospected The Same Time As Nearby Mcgehee Mn Mine (1915 Or Probably 1941).
References:
  • Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008 (PL.2).
  • Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 330. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).
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