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Shank ? 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080692
MRDS ID W032032
Record type Site
Current site name Shank ? Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.39833, 38.71948 (WGS84)
Elevation 298
Relative position AT 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

  • JUST NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 611 AND THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD AT VAUGHN. NO WORKINGS LOCATED, JUST DUMP (?) MATERIAL SO THIS MAY NOT BE THE MOST ACCURATE LOCATION OF THE ACTUAL MINE SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Rome Formation
    Rock description Rome Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.39833, 38.71948
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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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Discoverer A.E.Randle (?)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Randle, A. E.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS LOCATED IN 1982, ONLY WHAT APPEARS TO POSSIBLY BE SOME DUMP MATERIAL.

Comments on development

  • BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED AROUND 1884.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOTCHKISS, J., 1884, VIRGINIA MINERALS FOR THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION : THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 5, NO. 9, P.179

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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