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F.C. Hartley Prospect

Past Producer in Warren county in Virginia, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067277
MRDS ID VA01768
Record type Site
Current site name F.C. Hartley Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.29416, 38.80143 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Est Within 500 Meters, Est Within 500 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bentonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shenandoah National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Warren

Comments on the location information

  • IN SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, OFF THE W-SW SIDE OF THE SUMMIT OF MATHEWS ARM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.29416, 38.80143
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN/SHEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shaft Sunk In The 1870'S

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1978, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THE SHAFT NOR OF A DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWEET, P.C., AND BELL, S.C., 1980, METALLIC MINERALIZATION IN THE BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE OF VIRGINIA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO VIRGINIA GEOLOGY-IV: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 27, P. 39-52.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA, LYNCHBURG, VA. J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1911, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 455, 166 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-87 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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