Mine detail: Powells Fort Camp Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

38.91976, -78.385

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W032050
DEP	10080707
Reference	RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR, REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)