Mine detail: Fronk Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.69976, -78.39778

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Chert, Limonite
Orebody form:	NODULAR MASSES, SEAMS
Discovery year:	1919

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum Of The Shady Dolomite;Antietam Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Quartzite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Vaughn Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032026
DEP	10080688
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:: HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 P.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)