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Orndorff, James, Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080714
MRDS ID W032059
Record type Site
Current site name Orndorff, James, Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.53889, 38.98337 (WGS84)
Elevation 430
Relative position 4.5 KM (2.8 MI) SOUTHWEST OF ZEPP AND 1.7 KM (1.1 MI) NORTHEAST OF VAN BUREN FURNACE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodstock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Shenandoah

Comments on the location information

  • 2.6 KM (1.6 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 713 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 600 TO SUGAR HILL CEMETERY: PROSPECT IS 420 M (1378 FT) SOUTH OF THE CEMETERY, ON A RIDGE SOUTH OF A CLEARED FIELD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ridgeley Formation;New Scotland Formation
    Rock description Ridgeley Formation;New Scotland Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.53889, 38.98337
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt. Pleasant Syncline, Unnamed Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROSPECTS ARE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE CHERT AND CLAY RESIDUUM OF THE NEW SCOTLAND LIMESTONE, ABOUT 9 M (30 FT) STRATIGRAPHICALLY BELOW THE CONTACT WITH THE RIDGELEY SANDSTONE. FOR GEOLOGY SEE YOUNG AND RADAR (1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. A. Arbutus Bowen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF A TUNNEL ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF A SMALL TRANSECTING HOLLOW, AND A SERIES OF SHAFTS EXTENDING UP THE NOSE OF THE RIDGE TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. IN 1941, ALL THE SHAFTS AND THE TUNNEL, WHICH MAY HAVE CONNECTED WITH THEM, HAD CAVED IN. IN 1982, ONE CAVED TUNNEL, 12 CAVED SHAFTS AND PITS, AND DUMPS WERE SEEN. NO ORE WAS SEEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, P. 111-141.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, R.S., AND RADER, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA : VDMR REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY A LITTLE ORE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE OPENINGS. THE CHERT ON THE DUMPS CONTAINS SOME PSILOMELANE.

Reporter information

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

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