Mine detail: Horne Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.8359, -81.25593

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Psilomelane
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Rome
Host type:Shale
Tectonic:Blue Ridge Front

References

MRDSVA01781
DEP10067290
Reference{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, P. 139.}{Deposit:: MRS. ERNEST HORNE, 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, CEDAR SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.}
ReporterWilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)