Mine detail: Buffalo Gap Mines

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Location: Augusta County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.17644, -79.24392
dep_id: 10080672
mrds_id: W032008
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Goethite, Limonite
gangue: Quartz
ore_ctrl: Fractures In The Sandstone
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Rose Hill Formation;Keefer Sandstone
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1867
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • 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.
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