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Murphy Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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 10080711
MRDS ID W032055
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.27, 38.84893 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position 0.9 KM (0.55 MI) SOUTHEAST OF LIMETON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bentonville(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 Warren

Comments on the location information

  • ON TOP OF A KNOLL 140 M (459 FT) SOUTHWEST OF STATE ROAD 622, 0.9 KM (0.55 MI) BY ROAD EAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Rockdale Run Formation
    Rock description Rockdale Run Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.27, 38.84893
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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 Thrust Fault

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 1925
Discoverer Mr. Murphy (?)
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Murphy
  • Type Owner
    Owner Phil Wine

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982 THE ONLY WORKINGS EVIDENT WAS A CAVED SHAFT, ABOUT 4.6M (15 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 1.2 M (4 FT) DEEP, AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.

Comments on development

  • NOTHING IS KNOWN OF THE MINE'S OPERATION. IT WAS WORKED IN THE EARLY 1900'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHERRYWELL, C.H., 1982- PERSONAL COMMUNICATIO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT MUCH IS KNOWN OF THIS MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

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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