| Lat / long: | 37.44673, -78.97946 |
| Primary: | Manganese |
| Ore: | Psilomelane |
| Orebody form: | LENSE |
| Discovery year: | 1937 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1937 |
| Last production ended: | 1941 |
| Host rock: | Mt Athos Member Of Alligator Back Formation Of Lynchburg Group |
| Host type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | Quartzite Crushed With Tight Folds And Lineations Plunging Steeply To Sw; Drag Folds Plunge Sw |
| Alteration processes: | Hanging Wall Quartzite Strongly Leached And Porous; Clay Beneath Quartzite Contains Blocks Of Rotted Quartzite From Slump Initiated By Solution Of Calcareous Rock. |
| MRDS | W055366 |
| DEP | 10082523 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA BULL. 1008, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY)}{Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 39, 124P. (P.63-64).} |
| Reporter | As |