| Lat / long: | 37.30089, -79.19558 |
| Primary: | Manganese |
| Ore: | Pyrolusite |
| Orebody form: | LENSOID, NODULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1935 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Last production ended: | 1939 |
| Host rock: | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| Host type: | Quartzite,Marble |
| Structure: | Smith River Allocthon, On Crest Of Plunging Anticline |
| Alteration processes: | Calcareous Quartzite Alteration To Clay |
| MRDS | W031284 |
| DEP | 10080187 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: BROWN, W.R., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LYNCHBURG QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 74, 99P. (P.77).}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008.}{Deposit:: 1931 DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFT, OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |