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Rust Property Mine

Past Producer in Page 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080689
MRDS ID W032027
Record type Site
Current site name Rust Property Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.40166, 38.71337 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 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

  • 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) SOUTH ON STATE ROAD 611 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 654, TURN EAST ON FARM ROAD FOR 0.5 KM (0.3 MI), MINE IS ABOUT 50 M (164 FT) NORTH OF THE ROAD AND 125 M (410 FT) WEST OF THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IN 1884 YIELDED : 50.95% FE, 1.45% MN, 0.44% P, 9.78% SIO2 (MCCREATH, 1884).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Rome Formation;Clay Residuum Of The Rome Formation
    Rock description Rome Formation;Clay Residuum Of The Rome Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.40166, 38.71337
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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 IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982, WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE LARGE OPENCUT APPROXIMATELY 122M (400 FT) LONG, UP TO 23M (75 FT) WIDE, AND UP TO 8 M (25 FT) DEEP. THE WEST END OF THE CUT MAY HAVE CONTAINED A SHAFT. SOME ORE IS PRESENT ON THE DUMPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHERRYWELL, C.H., 1982- PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    MCCREATH, A.S., 1884, THE MINERAL WEALTH OF VIRGINIA TRIBUTARY TO THE LINES OF THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANIES: HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 157 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON ORE APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED AS IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS IN CLAY DERIVED FROM THE WEATHERING OF THE ROME FORMATION.
Deposit Discovery Year: BETWEEN 1882 AND 1884

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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