Mine detail: Liberty Furnace Iron Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

38.90337, -78.69584

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Limonite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
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:	Clay Residuum;Limestone, Sandstone-Specific Formation Containing Ore Zone Uncertain
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Supin Lick Syncline, Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032079
DEP	10106244
Reference	YOUNG, R.S., AND RADER, 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.)