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Steele Run Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080670
MRDS ID W032006
Record type Site
Current site name Steele Run Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.86085, 38.05561 (WGS84)
Elevation 506
Relative position 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) SOUTHEAST 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 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

  • FOLLOW 5TH STREET SOUTHEAST FROM U.S. ROUTE 340 TO MAY AVE., TAKE MAY AVENUE TO ITS END AND FOLLOW PRIVATE ROAD TO HUNTING CABIN, PROSPECT IS 340 M (1115 FT) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FROM THE CABIN, ACROSS A DEEP RAVINE AND ON TOP OF A RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.86085, 38.05561
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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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN A ZONE OF METAMORPHOSED, FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE WITHIN THE HARPERS FORMATION.

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

  • ONE PIT, 9 M (30 FT) LONG, 5.5 M (18 FT) WIDE, AND 2.4 M (8 FT) DEEP, WAS FOUND 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 LIMONITE OCCURS AS CRUSTS ON FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONE.

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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