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Ramsey Mountain Prospects

Occurrence in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080668
MRDS ID W032003
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsey Mountain Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.82974, 38.08783 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 3.2 KM (2 MI) NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO AND 3.2 KM SOUTHEAST OF DOOMS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waynesboro 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 Augusta

Comments on the location information

  • 2.1 KM (1.3 MI) SOUTHEAST ON STATE ROAD 621 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 340, FROM END OF 621 FOLLOW DIRT ROAD ALONG STREAM FOR ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) TO A TRIBUTARY ON THE NORTH SIDE, FOLLOW TRIBUTARY UPSTREAM FOR ABOUT 0.6 KM (0.4 MI), PROSPECTS ARE ALONG TRIBUTARY FOR NEXT 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) UPSTREAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Alluvial Fans, Talus Deposits;Antietam Formation
    Rock description Alluvial Fans, Talus Deposits;Antietam Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.82974, 38.08783
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 PITS, EACH ABOUT 2.4 M (8 FT) IN DIAMETER AND FROM 1.2 TO 1.8 M (4 TO 6 FT) DEEP, WERE SEEN IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, 166 P.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., STOSE, G.W., KATZ, F.J., AND MISER, H.D., 1918, POSSIBILITIES FOR MANGANESE ORE ON CERTAIN UNDEVELOPED TRACTS IN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 660-J, PP. 271-296.

  • Deposit

    GATHRIGHT, T.M., II,HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III,1977, GEOLOGY OF THE WAYNESBORO EAST AND WAYNESBORO WEST QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. PUB. 3, 53 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARZITE AND SANDSTONE PEBBLES AND BOULDERS CONTAIN MN STAINS AND STRINGERS.

Reporter information

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

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