Mine detail: Horne Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.8359, -81.25593
dep_id: 10067290
mrds_id: VA01781
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Rome
hrock_type: Shale
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
disc_yr: 1915
References:
  • 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.
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