Description
Dry Run Mining And Development Company (?)
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlJoint And Bedding Planes And Fractures In The Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsManganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Antietam Formation
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Thrust Fault East And West Of Mine
Tectonic settingOrogen
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10106243
MRDS IDW032054
Alternate namesDry Run Mine, Mineral Products Co. Mine, Shenandoah Mining Co. Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.76921, -78.35778
References
STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D, KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VDMR BULL. 81, 78 P.MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 P.