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Sugar Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080734
MRDS ID W032083
Record type Site
Current site name Sugar Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.54778, 38.99143 (WGS84)
Elevation 551
Relative position 4.8 KM (3.0 MI) SOUTHWEST OF ZEPP.

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

  • ON THE SOUTHWEST END OF SUGAR HILL, 0.85 KM (0.5 MI) NORTHWEST OF SUGAR HILL CEMETERY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 713, 2.8 KM (1.75 MI) BY ROAD SOUTHWEST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 600.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.54778, 38.99143
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ()

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS NOT WELL EXPOSED SO ORE CONTAINING FORMATION IS NOT CERTAIN. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS LOWER DEVONIAN-UPPER SILURIAN ROCKS IN AREA (YOUNG AND RADER, 1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Stewart Keller

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS HAVE BEEN DUG, UP TO 2 M (7 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 1.0 M (3 FT) DEEP. SOME IRON ORE IS VISIBLE ON DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY PROSPECTED IN THE MID-1800'S FOR VAN BUREN FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MR. STEWART KELLER, 1982-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • 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.

Reporter information

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

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