Mine detail: Jarmans Run Prospect

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Location: Page County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.72171, -78.38222
dep_id: 10080687
mrds_id: W032025
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Weverton Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Sandstone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Vaughn Fault Zone, Anticline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1919
References:
  • 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:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.
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