Mine detail: Augusta Mine

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Location: Augusta County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.15144, -78.80001
dep_id: 10080676
mrds_id: W032013
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Weathering Of The Shady Formation.
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum;Antietam Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Quartzite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Massanutten Synclinorium, Crimora Syncline
tectonic: Orogen
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:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE (AUGUSTA CO.) - VDMR
  • 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.
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