Mine detail: Mccune Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

39.02559, -78.50139

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1907

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ridgeley Sandstone;Clay Residuum
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Syncline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032069
DEP	10080723
Reference	{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL 23, 206 P.}{Deposit:: MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, P. 111-141.}{Production:: STOSE AND MISER (1922)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)