Mine detail: Overall Mine

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Location: Warren County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.80587, -78.3475
dep_id: 10080712
mrds_id: W032056
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue: Chert
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Rockdale Run Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Thrust Fault To The East
tectonic: Orogen
References:
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS : ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.
  • Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.
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