Mine detail: Smith Bank Mine

Previously called 'Chalk MineForrers Bank'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.49643, -78.57001

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron, Kaolin
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Limonite, Psilomelane
Gangue: Chert
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1840

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1840
Last production ended: 1940

Geology

Host rock:Shady Dolomite;Clay Residuum Derived From Weathering Of The Shady Dolomite
Host type:Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW032020
DEP10080682
Reference{Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.}{Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL. 940-B, P. 15-55.}{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: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.}{Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., 1884, THE MINERAL WEALTH OF VIRGINIA, TRIBUTARY TO THE LINES OF THE NORFOLK & WESTERN AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANIES: HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 157 P.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)