Mine detail: Mt. Vernon Mine

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Location: Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.26672, -78.76779
dep_id: 10080684
mrds_id: W032022
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR POCKETS
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Antietam Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE GROTTOES QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 10.
  • Deposit:: HARDER, E.C., 1909, THE IRON ORES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION IN VIRGIA: USGS BULL 380, PP. 215-254.
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