| Deposit ID | 10080697 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032038 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Happy Creek Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.15443, 38.9131 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 220 |
| Relative position | 3.2 KM (2.0 MI) EAST OF FRONT ROYAL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Warren(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Front Royal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)
Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)
Potomac(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Warren |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Result | 49.5% FE, 0.59% P, 0.75% MN (HARDER, 1908). |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud |
| Rock unit name | Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite;Antietam Formation |
| Rock description | Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite;Antietam Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel |
| (1) | -78.15443, 38.9131 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Happy Creek Fault, Front Royal Fault, Stone Bridge Anticline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| Discoverer | H.J. Seibel, Jr. (?) |
| Year of first production | 1907 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. J. Seibel, Jr. - Seibel Iron Mines, Inc. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032038 |
RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FRONT ROYAL QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 40, 91 P.
HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 402-491.
HARDER, E.C., 1908, THE IRON ORES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION IN VIRGINIA: USGS BULL. 380, P. 215-254.
HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, 298 P.
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.
HOLDEN (1907).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF IRON ORE OF VARYING SIZES INTERMIXED WITH CONSIDERABLE CLAY AND SAND. LIMONITE ALSO CEMENTS QUARTZITE BRECCIA OF THE ANTIETAM FORMATION. THE CLAY IS DERIVED FROM THE SHADY DOLOMITE. POCKETS OF SOFT, GRANULAR PYROLUSITE OCCUR LOCALLY IN THE LIMONITE DEPOSITS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1982 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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