Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsPsilomelane
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Ridgeley Sandstone
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Mt. Pleasant Syncline, Unnamed Syncline
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10080716
MRDS IDW032060
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.98532, -78.54028
References
MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, P. 111-141.YOUNG, R.S., AND RADAR, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.