Mine detail: Capola Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Capola MineCupula Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.97532, -78.56222

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Ore: Limonite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1860
Last production ended: 1938

Geology

Host rock:Ridgeley Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Mt. Pleasant Syncline
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW032058
DEP10080715
Reference{Deposit:: MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, PP. 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.}{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL 23, 206 P.}{Deposit:: POWELL, S.L., 1919, REPORT ON MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILES, VDMR: 8 P.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)