Dry Run

Past Producer in Page county in Virginia, United States with commodities Cobalt, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227674
MAS/MILS ID 0511390005
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Run
Alternate or previous names Compton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -78.35722, 38.76944 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Page(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bentonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Front Royal(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 Page

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Manganite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -78.35722, 38.76944

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 6M
    Width 18M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N25E:75S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compton Manganese Corp
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1974

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sapakoff U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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