Mine detail: Slippery Branch Limonite Prospect

Previously called 'Mount Athos ProspectMount Athos Limonite Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.41617, -79.03864

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Quartzite
Tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDS	W055377
DEP	10082534
Reference	{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NO.59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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