Mine detail: Little Ore Bank Mine

Previously called 'Fultz Run Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5081, -78.56751

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Chert
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1915
Last production ended:	1915

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite
Host type:	Clay, Mud
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Anticline
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W032036
DEP	10080694
Reference	{Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.}{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. SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.}{Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 940-B, P. 15-55.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78, 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.)