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Upper Lewis Run Mine

Past Producer in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080683
MRDS ID W032021
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Lewis Run Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.75056, 38.29033 (WGS84)
Elevation 433
Relative position 7 KM (4.25 MI) NORTHEAST OF GROTTOES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grottoes(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

Shenandoah National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockingham

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND NORTHEAST ON TO THE MCGAHEYSVILLE QUADRANGLE AND ALSO EXTEND SOUTH-WEST FROM THE ABOVE UTM COORDINATES. 2.2 KM (1.4 MI) SOUTHEAST ON STATE ROAD 708 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 340, TURN NORTHEAST ON DIRT ROAD FOR 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) TO A SHARP CURVE TO THE LEFT IN THE ROAD, MINE EXTENDS FROM ROAD TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE RIDGE TOP.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MCGAHEYSVILLE (1972) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON ORE CLASSIFIED AS MOUNTAIN BROWN ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
    Rock description Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.75056, 38.29033
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Shenandoah National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF LARGE OPEN CUTS, PROSPECT PITS, AND LARGE DUMPS WHEN VISITED IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE GROTTOES QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 10.

  • Deposit

    HARDER, E.C., 1909, THE IRON ORES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION IN VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 380, PP. 215-254.

  • Deposit

    BRENT, W.B., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VDMR BULL. 76, 174 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME IRON ORE AND MANGANESE CRUSTS ON THE IRON ORE WERE SEEN. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF VARIOUS FORMS AND SIZES SCATTERED THROUGH BROWN CLAY.

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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