Mine detail: Catherine Furnace Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5581, -78.63612

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Goethite, Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1845

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1845
Last production ended:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Ridgeley Sandstone;Bloomsburg Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Syncline, Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032046
DEP	10080704
Reference	{Deposit:: CHERRYWELL, C.H., 1982 - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., BULL. 81, 78 P.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)