Mine detail: Mine Run Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.88726, -78.41583

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Manganese
Ore:	Limonite, Psilomelane
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR ()
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W032048
DEP	10080705
Reference	{Deposit:: RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR, REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 7-8, P. 438-441.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)