Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Catoctin Formation
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Culpeper (Potomac) Basin Triassic Border Fault
Tectonic settingPiedmont
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1839
Discovery year1839
Identification
Deposit ID10080142
MRDS IDW031229
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.25225, -77.53719
References
KEITH, ARTHUR, 1894, HARPERS FERRY, VIRGINIA-MARYLAND-WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., FOLIO 10.LESLEY, J.P., 1882, THE EARLY IRON-WORKS OF THE VIRGINIAS: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 3, P. 41, 62, 87-88.WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.1839 DIREXPL MINED ORE.1894 GEOLMAP A. KEITH: ISSUED GEO. ATLAS FOLIO 10.LESLEY (1882, P. 41)