Mine detail: Buffalo Gap Mines

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Location

Lat / long: 38.17644, -79.24392

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1867

Geology

Host rock:Rose Hill Formation;Keefer Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Fault
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW032008
DEP10080672
Reference{Deposit:: HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 402-491.}{Deposit:: RADER, E.K., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE STAUNTON, CHURCHVILLE, GREENVILLE, AND STUARTS DRAFT QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 12, 43 P.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)