Mine detail: Ore Bank Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.34672, -79.03168

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Limonite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1734

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1734
Last production ended: 1865

Geology

Host rock:Beekmantown Formation
Host type:Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Anticline, Syncline
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW032023
DEP10080685
Reference{Deposit:: RADAR, E.K., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE STOKESVILLE AND PARNASSUS QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR REPT OF INVESTIGATIONS 19, 30 P.}{Deposit:: PATTERSON, J.G., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE PARNASSUS AREA EAST OF THE NORTH MOUNTAIN FAULT: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.}{Production:: PATTERSON, 1958}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)