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Upper Cedar Creek Mine

Past Producer 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080735
MRDS ID W032084
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Cedar Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.58529, 38.95921 (WGS84)
Elevation 543
Relative position 4.8 KM (3 MI) NORTHWEST 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 SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF LITTLE SLUICE MOUNTAIN 0.7 KM (0.4 MI) NORTHWEST ABOVE CEDAR CREEK AND 2.7 KM (1.7 MI) SOUTHEAST ON A NATIONAL FOREST ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE END OF STATE ROAD 713, 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) BY ROAD SOUTHEAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 603.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.58529, 38.95921
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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

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 1850

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL TUNNELS, SHAFTS, PITS AND DUMPS. THERE WAS IRON ORE ON THE DUMPS. LARGEST TUNNEL, STILL PARTIALLY OPEN, WAS PROBABLY OVER 30 M (100 FT) LONG JUDGING FROM THE SIZE OF THE DUMP.

Comments on development

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATIO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO WRITTEN INFORMATION ON THIS MINE IS KNOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

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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