| Deposit ID | 10080680 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crozier Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.12586, 38.05588 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 529 |
| Relative position | 6.4 KM (4 MI) NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE AND 2.8 KM (1.75 MI) SOUTHWEST OF MINT SPRING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Augusta(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Staunton(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Augusta |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Beekmantown Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Beekmantown Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| (1) | Elbrook Formation |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pulaski-Staunton Fault Lies 2 Km (1.4 Mi) To The Nw: Fairfield Fault Lies 1.4 Km (0.85 Mi) To The Se. |
| General form | IRREGULAR POCKETS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| Year of last production | 1900 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032017 |
RADAR, E.K., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE STAUNTON, CHURCHVILLE, GREENVILLE, AND STUARTS DRAFT QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR REPT OF INVESTIGATION 12, 43 P.
HARDER, E.C., 1909, THE IRON ORES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION IN VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 380, PP.215-254.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE ROCKS FOUND NEAR THE OPENING APPEAR TO BE OF A WEATHERED HIGH-GRADE MATERIAL. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND FORMS SCATTERED THROUGH VARIEGATED OR BROWN CLAYS. THE FRAGMENTS WERE PROBABLY AT ONE TIME PARTS OF LARGER MASSES, WHICH HAVE BEEN BROKEN UP BY THE SLUMPING OF THE CLAY.THESE MASSES WERE MOSTLY SMALL VEINS AND REPLACEMENTS ALONG LINES OF FRACTURE OR BEDDING PLANES. HERE AND THERE FRAGMENTS ARE GROUPED IN LITTLE POCKETS, AND IN SUCH PLACES THEY WERE PROBABLY ORIGINALLY PARTS OF SMALL DISCONNECTED MASSES. THE LIMONITE IS BROWN, EARTHY, AND AMORPHOUS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1981 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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