| Lat / long: | 37.16313, -79.30808 |
| Primary: | Manganese |
| Ore: | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Chalcopyrite |
| Orebody form: | PARALLEL LENSES |
| Discovery year: | 1895 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1938 |
| Last production ended: | 1943 |
| Host rock: | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| Host type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | Smith River Allocthon, Collaple Brecciation |
| Tectonic: | Piedmont Allocthon Stack |
| Alteration processes: | Leaching Of Calcareous Quartzite And Marble Causing Slumping And Brecciation. |
| MRDS | W055385 |
| DEP | 10082542 |
| Reference | ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVE MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155P., PL.2, PL.11-12, P.132-134 |
| Reporter | As |