Mine detail: U.S. Highway 250 Prospect

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Location: Augusta County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.04616, -78.85946
dep_id: 10080671
mrds_id: W032007
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Harpers Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic: Orogen
References:
  • GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE WAYNESBORO EAST AND WAYNESBORO WEST QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 3, 53 P
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