Mine detail: Old Dominion Mine

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Location:	Augusta County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.13311, -78.81835
dep_id:	10080675
mrds_id:	W032012
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Manganese
Trace mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Goethite, Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
conc_proc:	Weathering Of The Shady Formation.
ore_ctrl:	Clay Residuum
Reporter:	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit:	Clay Residuum
hrock_type:	Clay, Mud,Quartzite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Massanutten Synclinorium, Crimora Syncline
tectonic:	Orogen
Year first produced:	1875
yr_lst_prd:	1958
disc_yr:	1875
discr:	Mr. Samuel W. Donald (?)
References:	Deposit:: GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CRIMORA QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 13. Deposit:: HARDER, E.C., 1909, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL 380, PP. 258-263. 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: VGS BULL 17, 166 P. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION COMMISSION, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., PP. 235-259. Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1885-88, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: (ANNUAL VOLUMES FOR THE YEARS INDICATED). Deposit:: HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 P.