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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