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Fronk Prospect

Occurrence in Page county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080688
MRDS ID W032026
Record type Site
Current site name Fronk Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.39778, 38.69976 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Relative position 2.1 KM (1.3MI) SOUTH OF VAUGHN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Page(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luray(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Page

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS ARE IN A RAVINE ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) EAST OF THE RAILROAD CROSSING ON STATE ROAD 611, 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) BY ROAD NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 658.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Chert Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum Of The Shady Dolomite;Antietam Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum Of The Shady Dolomite;Antietam Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.39778, 38.69976
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vaughn Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form NODULAR MASSES, SEAMS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George E. Adkins

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982, THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE OPENCUT, ONE CAVED SHAFT, 8 PITS AND DUMPS. THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL ORE DUMP BY THE OPENCUT. THE OPENCUT IS ABOUT 23 M (75 FT) LONG, 2.4 M (8 FT) WIDE, AND UP TO 2 M (6 FT) DEEP. THE SHAFT IS LOCATED AT THE EAST END OF THE OPENCUT AND IS ABOUT 2.4 M (8 FT) SQUARE AND 2.4 M (8 FT) DEEP. THE LARGEST PIT IS ABOUT 2.4 M (8 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 1.2 M (4 FT) DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE OCCURS AS NODULES AND THIN SEAMS IN REDDISH AND OCHER COLORED CLAY. THE CLAY ALSO CONTAINS SMALL FRAGMENTS OF CHERT. BRECCIA FLOAT OF THE ANTIETAM QUARTZITE CEMENTED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES CAN BE FOUND EXTENDING UP TO THE TOP OF THE RIDGE WHERE SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS HAVE BEEN SUNK.

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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