Mine detail: Vaughn Prospect

Previously called 'Vaughan Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.73421, -78.38028

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Pyrolusite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Weverton Formation;Antietam Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Vaughn Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W032024
DEP	10080686
Reference	{Deposit:: 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. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 17, 166 P}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 6, P.369-371.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R. M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)