Mine detail: Saunders Mn Mine

Previously called 'EvingtonFlat Creek MinesSpring Hill'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.23034, -79.26975

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Quartzite,Mica Schist
Structure:	Smith River Allocthon, Formation Appear To Be Overturned
Tectonic:	Rift Related Fracturing With Superimposed Allocthon Stacks
Alteration processes:	Calcareous Quartzite To Clay

References

MRDS	W055380
DEP	10082537
Reference	{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLITIN 1008, 155 P. (PP 125-129).}{Deposit:: HALL, JOHN, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P.125); ALSO, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION ,1987.}{Deposit:: SAUNDERS, FLEMING, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P. 125).}{Deposit:: DRILLED 1942: BUREAU OF MINES, ALSO MADE TRENCHES AND TEST PITS}
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