| Lat / long: | 37.23034, -79.26975 |
| Primary: | Manganese |
| Discovery year: | 1885 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1885 |
| Last production ended: | 1957 |
| Host rock: | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Quartzite,Mica Schist |
| Structure: | Smith River Allocthon, Formation Appear To Be Overturned |
| Tectonic: | Rift Related Fracturing With Superimposed Allocthon Stacks |
| Alteration processes: | Calcareous Quartzite To Clay |
| MRDS | W055380 |
| DEP | 10082537 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER - ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLITIN 1008, 155 P. (PP 125-129).}{Deposit:: HALL, JOHN, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P.125); ALSO, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION ,1987.}{Deposit:: SAUNDERS, FLEMING, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P. 125).}{Deposit:: DRILLED 1942: BUREAU OF MINES, ALSO MADE TRENCHES AND TEST PITS} |
| Reporter | As |