Mine detail: Happy Creek Mines

Location:	Warren County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.9131, -78.15443
dep_id:	10080697
mrds_id:	W032038
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Minor mineral:	Manganese
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Goethite, Limonite, Pyrolusite
gangue:	Chert
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl:	Clay Residuum, Quartzite Breccia
Reporter:	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit:	Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite;Antietam Formation
hrock_type:	Clay, Mud,Quartzite,Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Happy Creek Fault, Front Royal Fault, Stone Bridge Anticline
tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
yfp_ba:	<
Year first produced:	1907
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1907
discr:	H.J. Seibel, Jr. (?)
References:	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).