Location: | Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.44284, -79.76227 |
dep_id: | 10084455 |
mrds_id: | W101802 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Iron, Manganese |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Limonite |
conc_proc: | Iron Derived From Weathering Of Iron Minerals In Harpers Formation. Iron Precipitated And Deposited In Brecciated Quartzite And In Collapse Breccia. |
Reporter: | Sweet, Palmer C., Whitlow, S. |
hrock_type: | Silt |
Structure: | Blue Ridge Thrust |
References: |
- Deposit:: STOSE ET AL., 1919, VA GS BULL. 17
- Deposit:: CHEN, PING-FAN, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOOSE CREEK AREA NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD DISSERTATION, VPI&SU.
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