Mine detail: Orndorff, James, Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.98337, -78.53889

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane
Gangue:	Chert
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1941

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ridgeley Formation;New Scotland Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Mt. Pleasant Syncline, Unnamed Syncline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032059
DEP	10080714
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)