Mine detail: Cameron Prospect

Previously called 'Little Fort Mine ?'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.86698, -78.44333

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Secondary:	Iron
Ore:	Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W032053
DEP	10080710
Reference	{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, 206 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.)