Mine detail: Threemile Mountain Mines

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Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.8781, -78.66862
dep_id: 10080730
mrds_id: W032077
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Rose Hill Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Syncline, Paddy Mtn. Anticline, North Mtn. Fault, Thrust Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1850
yr_lst_prd: 1850
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • YOUNG, R.S., AND RADAR, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P
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