Mine detail: Orndorff, James, Prospect

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Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.98337, -78.53889
dep_id: 10080714
mrds_id: W032059
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Psilomelane
gangue: Chert
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Ridgeley Formation;New Scotland Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Mt. Pleasant Syncline, Unnamed Syncline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1941
References:
  • Deposit:: MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, P. 111-141.
  • Deposit:: YOUNG, R.S., AND RADER, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA : VDMR REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.
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