Mine detail: Duncan Gap Prospect

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Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.90615, -78.39889
dep_id: 10080709
mrds_id: W032052
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite, Pyrolusite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR ()
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Needmore Formation;Ridgeley Sandstone
hrock_type: Shale,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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