Mine detail: Threemile Mountain Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

38.8781, -78.66862

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1850
Last production ended:	1850

Geology

Host rock:	Rose Hill Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Syncline, Paddy Mtn. Anticline, North Mtn. Fault, Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032077
DEP	10080730
Reference	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
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)