Mine detail: Overall Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

38.80587, -78.3475

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Chert
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Rockdale Run Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Thrust Fault To The East
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W032056
DEP	10080712
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)