REF:Deposit:: RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P.
Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VA.
Commodities (Major) - Iron; (Trace) - Manganese
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Alluvium, Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Syncline
Host Rock: Sandstone, Alluvium
Tectonic Structure: Miogeosyncline

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Iron

Mineral List

ⓘ 'Limonite'

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

ⓘ Pyrolusite

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Alluvial deposit

ⓘ Sandstone

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Limonite'

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ 'Psilomelane'

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn⁴⁺O₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Pyrolusite	4.DB.05	Mn⁴⁺O₂
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Limonite'	-
ⓘ	'Psilomelane'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Pyrolusite	Mn⁴⁺O₂
Mn	Manganese
Mn	ⓘ Pyrolusite	Mn⁴⁺O₂

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Appalachian BasinBasin
SCAB DomainDomain
Southern and Central ApplachianAccretionary Complex

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