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Meadow Run Prospect

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 10080677
MRDS ID W032014
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Run Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.8153, 38.17061 (WGS84)
Elevation 451
Relative position 3 KM (1.9 MI) NORTHEAST OF CRIMORA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crimora(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

  • 2.6 KM (1.6 MI) EAST ON STATE ROAD 612 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U. S. ROUTE 340, TURN NORTH ON GRAVEL ROAD (CRIMORA FIRE ROAD) FOR ABOUT 3.2 KM (2 MI), PROSPECT IS 60 M (197 FT) EAST OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONLY MN STAINS WERE SEEN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum (Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
    Rock description Clay Residuum (Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • 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) -78.8153, 38.17061
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Massanutten Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

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

  • FOUR SMALL TRENCHES (?) SEEN IN 1981. TRENCHES WERE EACH ABOUT 1.8M (6 FT) LONG, 0.6 M (2 FT) WIDE, AND 0.3 M (1 FT) DEEP. ONE PIT 1.8 M IN DIAMETER WAS ALSO SEEN.

Comments on development

  • AREA WAS PROSPECTED ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CRIMORA QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN FOUND AS STAINS ONLY ON QUARTZITE AND SANDSTONE PEBBLES AND BOULDERS.

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

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