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Berryville Mine

Past Producer in Clarke county in Virginia, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10067299
MRDS ID VA01790
Record type Site
Current site name Berryville Mine
Alternate or previous names Keneagy Ore Bank

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.91026, 39.14892 (WGS84)
Elevation 139
Relative position 4.2 MILES EAST OF BERRYVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clarke(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berryville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Frederick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baltimore(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Clarke

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED BY IRON KING ASSAY, HUMBOLDT, AZ (AU <.001 OZ/TON, AG <.10 OZ/TON)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady
    Rock description Shady
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.91026, 39.14892
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Eloise B. Tucker Estate

Comments on the workings information

  • A COUPLE OF FILLED IN DEPRESSIONS WERE PRESENT IN 1985.

Comments on development

  • LIMONITE IRON ORE WAS MINED IN THE MID 1890'S, HAULED TO BERRYVILLE AND SHIPPED TO NORTHERN FURNACES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.A. HUBBARD, JR., 1988, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KENEAGY ORE MINE REPORT, CLARKE COUNTY, VDMR ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILES.

  • Deposit

    VIRGINIAS, THE, 1984, VOL. V, NO. 10, P. 167.

  • Deposit

    EDMUNDSON, R.S., AND NUNAM, W.E., 1973 GEOLOGY OF THE BERRYVILLE, STEPHENRON AND BOYCE QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 34, 112 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON "BEDS" DESCRIBED AS BEING 12 FEET THICK. TRACT CONSISTS OF 70 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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