Mine detail: Mcgehee Limonite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

37.27839, -78.18916

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Structure:	Collapse Structures From Leaching Of Calcareous Mt Athos Quartzite (?)
Tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDS	W055376
DEP	10082533
Reference	{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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