Mine detail: Leets Manganese Mine

Previously called 'SmithsonWhitmanTrentMount Athos'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.39006, -79.04114

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Psilomelane
Discovery year: 1867

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880
Last production ended: 1935

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos Formation, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Quartzite

References

MRDSW055378
DEP10082535
Reference{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1934, FIELD NOTES ON LEETS MINE IN FILES OF U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, BULLETIN 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 124P. (P.105-106).}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).}
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