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Gap Mountain 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. 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 10080732
MRDS ID W032080
Record type Site
Current site name Gap Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.74751, 38.88615 (WGS84)
Elevation 512
Relative position 3 KM (1.9 MI) WEST OF LIBERTY FURNACE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Gap(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

  • ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF GAP MOUNTAIN. 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) NORTHWEST ON STATE ROAD 701 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 717, TO DELLINGER GAP: FOLLOW DIRT ROAD TO NORTH TO A JEEP TRAIL ALONG THE NORTHWEST FOOT OF GAP MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 0.16 KM (0.1 MI): FOLLOW JEEP TRAIL TO CREEK, ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.3 MI): JUST BEFORE CREEK TURN NORTHEAST ON ANOTHER JEEP TRAIL AND FOLLOW UP THE DRAINAGE FOR ABOUT 0.64 KM (0.4 MI) TO WHERE TWO DRAINAGES MEET, PROSPECT IS ABOUT 70 M (230 FT) SOUTHEAST OF THE DRAINAGE INTERSECTION UP ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE OF GAP MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;New Scotland Limestone
    Rock description Clay Residuum;New Scotland Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.74751, 38.88615
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS WERE REPORTED DRIVEN AT AN ELEVATION OF 1600 FT. IN 1922 ONE WAS CAVED AND THE OTHER WAS STILL OPEN FOR MORE THAN 15 M (50 FT). IN 1982, 2 CAVED TUNNELS, 3 PITS, AND DUMPS WERE SEEN. MANGANESE ORE WAS PRESENT ON THE DUMPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL 23, 206 P.

  • 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 SMALL PLATES OF MANGANESE ORE OCCUR WITH CHERT FRAGMENTS IN THE DUMP AND AT SOME PLACES MANGANESE FILLS MINUTE CRACKS IN THE CHERT FRAGMENTS.

Reporter information

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

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