Mine detail: Gap Mountain Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.88615, -78.74751

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue:	Chert
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1920

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;New Scotland Limestone
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Limestone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Syncline, Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032080
DEP	10080732
Reference	{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL 23, 206 P.}{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.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)