Mine detail: Ramsey Mountain Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

38.08783, -78.82974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvial Fans, Talus Deposits;Antietam Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Quartzite,Gravel,Sand and Gravel,Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Syncline
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W032003
DEP	10080668
Reference	{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, 166 P.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., STOSE, G.W., KATZ, F.J., AND MISER, H.D., 1918, POSSIBILITIES FOR MANGANESE ORE ON CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 660-J, PP. 271-296.}{Deposit:: GATHRIGHT, T.M., II,HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III,1977, GEOLOGY OF THE WAYNESBORO EAST AND WAYNESBORO WEST QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. PUB. 3, 53 P.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)