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Inch Branch Prospect

Occurrence in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080666
MRDS ID W032001
Record type Site
Current site name Inch Branch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.92585, 38.02172 (WGS84)
Elevation 491
Relative position 4 KM (2.5 MI) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynesboro West(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)

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 Augusta

Comments on the location information

  • 0.56 KM (0.35 MI) SOUTHWEST ON COUNTY ROAD 1607 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 624, TURN SOUTHEAST ON DIRT ROAD FOR ABOUT 0.8 KM (0.5 MI), FOLLOW DRAINAGE UPSTREAM FOR ABOUT 0.64 KM (0.4 MI), WORKINGS ARE ALONG STREAM AND DUE NORTH UP ON THE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Antietam Formation
    Rock description Antietam Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.92585, 38.02172
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Uncertain, Maybe In The George Washington National Forest.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PROSPECT PITS WERE FOUND, THE LARGEST WAS ABOUT 2.4 M (8 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 1 M (3 FT) DEEP, IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1977, GEOLOGY OF THE WAYNESBORO EAST AND WAYNESBORO WEST QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 3, 53 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE AND LIMONITE OCCURS AS STAINS AND CRUSTS, AND AS MANGANESE CEMENTED BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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