Mine detail: Little Crease Mountain Prospect

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Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.87921, -78.3625
dep_id: 10080703
mrds_id: W032044
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR ()
ore_ctrl: Bedding Planes, Joint Surfaces, And Fractures In Sandstone
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Bloomsburg Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Anticline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1860
References:
  • RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P
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