Mine detail: Hoover Iron Pigment Mine Number 55

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Location

Lat / long:

36.94118, -80.72063

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Manganese
Ore:	Goethite, Hematite, Lepidocrocite, Limonite, Psilomelane
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR PODS
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Dolomite;Erwin Quartzite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Hiwassee Thrust, Powatan Thrust Area Of Imbricate, Deteched Thrust Sheet., Chimney Syncline, Delton Cross Fault, Reed Island Anticline
Tectonic:	Carbonate Ramp Homocline: Upward Shallowing Platform Margin
Alteration processes:	Shady Dolomite Alterating To Kaolinite Clay; Pyrite To Limonite

References

MRDS	VA01727
DEP	10107250
Reporter	As