Mine detail: Furnace Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.25225, -77.53719

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1839

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1839

Geology

Host rock:	Catoctin Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Culpeper (Potomac) Basin Triassic Border Fault
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W031229
DEP	10080142
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, ARTHUR, 1894, HARPERS FERRY, VIRGINIA-MARYLAND-WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., FOLIO 10.}{Deposit:: LESLEY, J.P., 1882, THE EARLY IRON-WORKS OF THE VIRGINIAS: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 3, P. 41, 62, 87-88.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: 1839 DIREXPL MINED ORE.}{Deposit:: 1894 GEOLMAP A. KEITH: ISSUED GEO. ATLAS FOLIO 10.}{Production:: LESLEY (1882, P. 41)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)