Mine detail: Honey Run Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5581, -78.54279

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Limonite, Psilomelane
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1884

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1884
Last production ended:	1900

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W032034
DEP	10080695
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)