Mine detail: Grubb Or Lynchburg Mine

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Location: Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.39395, -79.82949
dep_id: 10084457
mrds_id: W101805
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese, Iron
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: Whitlow, S., Sweet, Palmer C.
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  • Deposit:: CHEN, PING-FAN, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOOSE CREEK AREA NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD DISSERTATION, VPI&SI.
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