Mine detail: Gillett Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.15227, -79.73309

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Rose Hill Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032018
DEP	10080681
Reference	STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL. 23, 206 P
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)