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Hermitage Prospect

Occurrence in Augusta 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080678
MRDS ID W032015
Record type Site
Current site name Hermitage Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.89752, 38.14227 (WGS84)
Elevation 417
Relative position 1.5 KM (0.9 MI) EAST OF HERMITAGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Defiance(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Augusta

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG THE CREST OF A SMALL HILL ON BOTH SIDES OF AN OLD WAGON ROAD ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 619 AND 782 NORTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Stonehenge Formation
    Rock description Stonehenge Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.89752, 38.14227
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Syncline, Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. A. Marks

Comments on the workings information

  • 6-10 PROSPECT PITS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH WAS 1.5 M (5 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 0.5 M (1.5 FT) DEEP, WERE EUIDENT IN 1982. ABUNDANT LIMONITE FLOAT IS PRESENT ALONG THE CREST OF THE HILL.

Comments on development

  • MR. MARKS STATED THE PROSPECT WAS WORKED DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARKS, C.A., 1982- PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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