Mine detail: Compton Mine

Previously called 'Dry Run MineMineral Products Co. MineShenandoah Mining Co. Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.76921, -78.35778

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1910

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Antietam Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Thrust Fault East And West Of Mine
Tectonic:	Orogen

References

MRDS	W032054
DEP	10106243
Reference	{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D, KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VDMR BULL. 81, 78 P.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.}{Deposit:: HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 P.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)