Mine detail: Seible Mine

Previously called 'Happy Creek Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.92698, -78.14082

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Limonite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Gangue: Chert
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1907

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite
Host type:Clay, Mud
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Happy Creek Fault, Stone Bridge Anticline
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW032037
DEP10080696
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:: RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FRONT ROYAL QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 40, 91 P.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., STOSE, G.W., KATZ, F.J. AND MISER, H.D., 1918, POSSIBILITIES FOR MANGANESE ORE ON CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 660-J, P. 271-296.}{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1916, SOME MANGANESE MINES IN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND: USGS BULL. 640, P. 37-71.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)