Mine detail: Jarmans Run Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.72171, -78.38222

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Weverton Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Vaughn Fault Zone, Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032025
DEP	10080687
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)