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Yellow Springs Prospects

Occurrence in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096563
MRDS ID W032081
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Springs Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.64056, 38.90837 (WGS84)
Elevation 479
Relative position 3.8 KM (2.4 MI) NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA 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

  • 3.7 KM (2.3 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 608 AND THE NATIONAL FOREST ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 675, TURN LEFT (WEST) ON TO ANOTHER NATIONAL FOREST ROAD FOR 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) TO A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, PROSPECT EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF THE ROAD NORTH FOR ABOUT 0.4 KM (0.25 MI). THE YELLOW SPRINGS TUNNEL IS WEST OF THE ROAD ABOUT 0.25 KM (0.15 MI) NORTH OF THE CURVE IN THE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ridgeley Sandstone;Clay Residuum
    Rock description Ridgeley Sandstone;Clay Residuum

Nearby scientific data

(1) Elbrook Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGY SEE YOUNG AND RADER (1974). AREA IS MAPPED AS DEVONIAN-SILURIAN ROCKS, BUT THE ORE ZONE IS DESCRIBED AS BEING IN THE RIDGELEY SANDSTONE OR NEW SCOTLAND LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 122M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE YELLOW SPRINGS TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN ON THE LOWER WEST SLOPE OF A RIDGE OF LITTLE SLUICE MOUNTAIN THROUGH, AT LEAST IN PART, YELLOW CLAY AND SANDSTONE. ANOTHER TUNNEL AND MORE THAN A DOZEN PITS AND SHAFTS WERE SUNK AT DIFFERENT PLACES ALONG THE RIDGE TO THE NORTHEAST DURING PROSPECTING. THE YELLOW SPRINGS TUNNEL WAS 122 M (400 FT) LONG AND TRENDED S 80 DEG E, BUT IS NOW CAVED. IN 1982, 2 CAVED TUNNELS, AT LEAST 30 CAVED PITS AND SHAFTS, AND DUMPS WERE SEEN. ABUNDANT IRON ORE WAS SEEN ON THE DUMPS AROUND THE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING OCCURRED AROUND 1892 IN SEARCH OF IRON ORE ON A RIDGE OR FOOT HILL OF LITTLE SLUICE MOUNTAIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VDMR 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 A POROUS BROWN IRON ORE THAT APPEARED TO CONTAIN A FEW PER CENT OF MANGANESE WAS OBTAINED IN CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY IN THE YELLOW SPRINGS TUNNEL AND WAS PLACED ON THE DUMP.

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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