Mine detail: Orndorff, Mary, Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.9881, -78.53416

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSW032062
DEP10080717
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:: STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VDMR BULL 23, 206 P.}{Deposit:: YOUNG, R.S., AND RADER, E.K., 1942, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)