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Brush Mountain Prospects

Occurrence in Warren county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, 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 10080713
MRDS ID W032057
Record type Site
Current site name Brush Mountain Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.31972, 38.81948 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) SOUTH OF BENTONVILLE.

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)

Federal lands

Shenandoah National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Warren

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE NORTHWEST END OF BRUSH MOUNTAIN AT THE TOP OF A SMALL DRAINAGE, JUST INSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK. ADDITIONAL PROSPECT IS 0.66 KM (0.4 MI) EAST OF THE ABOVE PROSPECT AT UTM COORDINATES N 4299910, E 733340, ELEV. 244 M. THE EASTERN PROSPECT IS 140 M (459 FT) WEST OF STATE ROAD 630, 0.9 KM (0.55 MI) BY ROAD SOUTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 613.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WESTERN PROSPECT CONTAINS MANGANESE ORE, EASTERN PROSPECT CONTAINS IRON ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Antietam Formation;Harpers Formation
    Rock description Antietam Formation;Harpers Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.31972, 38.81948
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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 Faults To The East And West

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ()

Comments on the geologic information

  • WESTERN PROSPECT IS IN THE ANTIETAM FORMATION AND THE EASTERN PROSPECT IS ALSO IN THE ANTIETAM FORMATION OR UPPER HARPERS FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Discoverer Zach Compton And Dr. Cullers

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Zach Compton And Dr. Cullers Of Bentonville.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Prospect - Shenandoah National Park: Eastern Prospect - W. O. Matthews

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982 THE WESTERN PROSPECT CONSISTED OF 4 CAVED TUNNELS, SEVERAL PITS AND DUMPS, NO ORE WAS SEEN ON THE DUMPS. THE EASTERN PROSPECT CONSISTED OF ONE PIT 6 M (20 FT) LONG, 3 M (10 FT) WIDE, AND 1.2 M (4 FT) DEEP, LIMONITE WAS ABUNDANT ON THE DUMP.

Comments on development

  • EXACT DATE OF OPERATION UNKNOWN, PROBABLY EARLY 1900'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS, W.O., 1982 - PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WESTERN PROSPECT WORKED FOR MANGANESE AND THE EASTERN PROSPECT WORKED FOR IRON ORE.

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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