Mine detail: Happy Creek Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

38.9131, -78.15443

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Manganese
Ore:	Goethite, Limonite, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Chert
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite;Antietam Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Quartzite,Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Happy Creek Fault, Front Royal Fault, Stone Bridge Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032038
DEP	10080697
Reference	{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:: HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 402-491.}{Deposit:: HARDER, E.C., 1908, THE IRON ORES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION IN VIRGINIA: USGS BULL. 380, P. 215-254.}{Deposit:: HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.}{Production:: HOLDEN (1907).}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)