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Honey Run Mines

Past Producer in Page county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080695
MRDS ID W032034
Record type Site
Current site name Honey Run Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.54279, 38.5581 (WGS84)
Elevation 378
Relative position 4 KM (2.5 MI) SOUTHWEST OF STANLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Page(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanley(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

  • EAST AND WEST OF HONEY RUN AND STATE ROAD 618, AND SOUTH OF THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD AND WEST OF LINE RUN AT THE NORTH FOOT OF THE PINNACLE. THE MINE WORKINGS EXTEND FOR OVER 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) FROM AN OPENCUT ABOUT 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) WEST OF STATE ROAD 618 NORTHEASTWARD TO THE END OF STATE ROAD 727. SOUTHWESTERNMOST WORKING IS AT UTM COORDINATES N 4269880, E 713040: NORTHEASTERNMOST WORKING IS AT UTM COORDINATES N 4270640, E 714400.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite
    Rock description Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.54279, 38.5581
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Stanley 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
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1884
Year of last production 1900

Mining district

District name Elkton Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harmer, Randle, And Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 1600M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO LARGE OPENCUTS, EACH ABOUT AN ACRE IN EXTENT, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER SMALLER OPENCUTS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS AND PITS. ALL WORKINGS ARE NOW MUCH CAVED AND OVERGROWN.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS REPORTEDLY WORKED BETWEEN 1890 AND 1900, BUT HOTCHKISS (1884) REPORTED A HONEY RUN MINE OPERATED BY HARMER, RANDLE, & CO. IN 1884. PRODUCTION UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL. 940-B, P. 15-55.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN CLAY RESIDUUM OVERLYING THE LOWER BEDS OF THE SHADY DOLOMITE, THE TOP OF THE ANTIETAM FORMATION IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE MINE. THE DEPOSIT IS IN A HOMOCLINE. ORE PROBABLY CONSISTED OF IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS OF LIMONITE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CLAY RESIDUUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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