Mine detail: Honey Run Mines

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Location: Page County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.5581, -78.54279
dep_id: 10080695
mrds_id: W032034
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite, Psilomelane
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Stanley Fault Zone
tectonic: Orogen
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1884
yr_lst_prd: 1900
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1884
References:
  • 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:: KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.
  • Deposit:: HOTCHKISS, J., 1884, VIRGINIA MINERALS FOR THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION: THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 5, NO. 9, P. 179.
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