Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures And Solution Openings
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Ridgeley Sandstone;New Scotland Limestone
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Mt. Pleasant Syncline, Unnamed Syncline
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10080717
MRDS IDW032062
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.9881, -78.53416
References
MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, PP. 111-141.STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VDMR BULL 23, 206 P.YOUNG, R.S., AND RADER, E.K., 1942, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.