Harnsberger Property

Past Producer in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203562
MAS/MILS ID 0511650008
Record type Site
Current site name Harnsberger Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.61253, 38.39194 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.61253, 38.39194

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Elkton Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George S. Harnsberger
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1917, 1739 LONGTONS OF MN ORE WERE PRODUCED.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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