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Catherine Furnace Mines

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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080704
MRDS ID W032046
Record type Site
Current site name Catherine Furnace Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.63612, 38.5581 (WGS84)
Elevation 348
Relative position 70 M (230 FT) NORTHWEST OF CATHERINE FURNACE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Page(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenth Legion(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Page

Comments on the location information

  • 2.1 KM (1.3 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 685 FROM ITS SOUTHERN INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 340, TURN LEFT (SOUTH) ONTO NATIONAL FOREST ROAD FOR 0.6 KM (0.35 MI) TO CATHERINE FURNACE, MINE IS 70 M (230 FT) NORTHWEST OF THE FURNACE ON THE HILLSIDE. ADDITIONAL MINE (TUNNEL) IS LOCATED AT UTM COORDINATES N 4269750, E 705070: FOLLOW ROAD FOR 0.24 KM (0.15 MI) TAKE RIGHT FORK FOR ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI), TOWARD PITT SPRING, TUNNEL IS 60 M (197 FT) NORTH OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ridgeley Sandstone;Bloomsburg Formation
    Rock description Ridgeley Sandstone;Bloomsburg Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.63612, 38.5581
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline, Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE TO THE SOUTHWEST IS IN THE SILURIAN BLOOMSBURG FORMATION AND THE NORTHEASTERN MINE IS IN THE DEVONIAN RIDGELEY SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1845
Year of first production 1845
Year of last production 1907

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alleghany Ore And Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982, WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 4 CAVED TUNNELS, SEVERAL PITS AND DUMPS AT THE NORTHEASTERN MINE. THE MINE TO THE SOUTHWEST CONSISTED OF ONE CAVED TUNNEL AND DUMP.

Comments on development

  • ORE USED IN CATHERINE FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHERRYWELL, C.H., 1982 - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1840'S (?)

Reporter information

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

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