Commodities
PrimaryIron
SecondaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR ()
Ore controlBedding Planes And Fractures In The Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite, Psilomelane
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Bloomsburg Formation
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Syncline, Anticline
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10080705
MRDS IDW032048
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.88726, -78.41583
References
RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR, REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P.MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 7-8, P. 438-441.