Mine detail: Woo* Mn Mine

Previously called 'Hall Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.22562, -79.27308

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Psilomelane, Wad
Discovery year: 1890

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Quartzite,Mica Schist
Structure:Smith River Allocthon, Close Folding Inferred From Adjacent Saunders Property
Alteration processes:Clay Formation

References

MRDSW055381
DEP10082539
Reference{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P.}{Deposit:: HALL, JOHN, EVINGTON VIRGINIA, MAY 1987, PERSONNAL COMMUNICATION.}
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