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Vaughn Mine

Past Producer 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 10080690
MRDS ID W032029
Record type Site
Current site name Vaughn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.39416, 38.72032 (WGS84)
Elevation 298
Relative position 0.3 KM (0.19 MI) EAST-NORTHEAST 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

  • 90 M (295 FT) NORTH OF STATE ROAD 611 ABOUT 0.28 KM (0.18 MI) BY ROAD EAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD AT VAUGHN.

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
    Rock unit name Shady Dolomite;Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Shady Dolomite;Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.39416, 38.72032
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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
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Louise Vaughn

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982, WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE WATER-FILLED OPENCUT AND DUMPS. NO ORE WAS SEEN ON THE DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED IN THE LATE 1800'S OR EARLY 1900'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAUGHN, LOUISE, 1982- PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT APPARENTLY OCCURRED AS IRREGULAR MASSES IN CLAY DERIVED FROM THE SHADY DOLOMITE.

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

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