Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrolusite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · New Scotland Limestone;Ridgeley Sandstone
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Mt. Pleasant Syncline, Unnamed Syncline
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10080718
MRDS IDW032063
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.98698, -78.52444
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 RADER, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.