| Lat / long: | 37.3695, -79.03947 |
| Primary: | Manganese, Iron |
| Ore: | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite |
| Orebody form: | PINCH AND SWELL LENSE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1890 |
| Last production ended: | 1946 |
| Host rock: | Lynchburg Group, Alligator Back Formation, Mt Athos Member |
| Host type: | Mica Schist |
| Structure: | Se Limb Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, W Of Bowens Creek Fault With Smith River Allocthon To East., Schistosity N 35-60 E, Dip *S Se To 80 Nw |
| Tectonic: | Rift Related |
| MRDS | W055373 |
| DEP | 10082530 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT VIRGINIA BULLETION 1008, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1916, SOME MANGANESE MINES IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, P.49-54.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33P.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1987, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, HARRIS VOLUME IN PRESS.} |
| Reporter | As |