Mine detail: Housman Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.86396, -81.1487
dep_id: 10067291
mrds_id: VA01782
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wilkes, Gerald P. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Shady
hrock_type: Dolomite
tectonic: Blue Ridge Front
disc_yr: 1875
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