Mine detail: Mudhole Gap Prospect

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Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.91615, -78.38916
dep_id: 10080708
mrds_id: W032051
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR ()
conc_proc: Minerals Probably Leached From Overlying Black Devonian Shales
ore_ctrl: Fractures In Sandstone
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Ridgeley Sandstone
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Syncline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR, REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P
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