Mine detail: High Head Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.90698, -78.64667

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Gangue: Chert
Orebody form: IRREGULAR VEINS AND LENSES
Discovery year: 1918

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Ridgeley Sandstone;Clay Residuum;New Scotland Limestone
Host type:Clay, Mud,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Paddy Mtn. Anticline, Supin Lick Syncline
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW032082
DEP10080733
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 RADAR, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR, REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)