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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