| Deposit ID | 10106242 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032045 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Scott Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Scott Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.43, 38.96421 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 323 |
| Relative position | 2.1 KM (1.3 MI) NORTH OF TOMS BROOK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shenandoah(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Toms Brook(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Shenandoah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Rockdale Run Formation;Clay Residuum |
| Rock description | Rockdale Run Formation;Clay Residuum |
| (1) | -78.43, 38.96421 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| Year of last production | 1915 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. D. Scott |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032045 |
RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P.
STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, 206 P.
MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 7-8, P. 438-441.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCUR AS LOOSE TEXTURED, POROUS MASSES IN CHERT AND CLAY DERIVED FROM THE WEATHERING OF THE DOLOMITE. THE ORE WAS IRON OXIDE WITH A CORE OF PYRITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1982 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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