Mine detail: Mikes Knob Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.08227, -78.84307

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Psilomelane
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Sand and Gravel,Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Syncline
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W032004
DEP	10106236
Reference	GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA,W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE WAYNESBORO EAST AND WAYNESBORO WEST QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 3, 53 P
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)