Mine detail: Brush Mountain Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

38.81948, -78.31972

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese, Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Chert
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR ()
Discovery year:	1919

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Antietam Formation;Harpers Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Thrust Faults To The East And West
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W032057
DEP	10080713
Reference	{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.}{Deposit:: MATTHEWS, W.O., 1982 - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)