| Deposit ID | 10080701 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032042 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Green Mountain Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.34861, 38.92476 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 335 |
| Relative position | 7.2 KM (4.5 MI) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF STRASBURG AND 1.9KM (1.2 MI) WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETH FURNACE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shenandoah(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Strasburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)
Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)
Potomac(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
George Washington National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Shenandoah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Bloomsburg Formation |
| Rock description | Bloomsburg Formation |
| (1) | -78.34861, 38.92476 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Syncline, Anticline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1860 |
| Year of first production | 1860 |
| District name | Fort Valley Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | George Washington National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032042 |
RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1982 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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