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High Peak Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080702
MRDS ID W032043
Record type Site
Current site name High Peak Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.33389, 38.9131 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Relative position 8.6 KM (5.4 MI) SOUTHEAST OF STRASBURG AND 1.9 KM (1.2 MI) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETH FURNACE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strasburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 Shenandoah

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF MASSANUTTEN MOUNTAIN SOUTHWEST OF HIGH PEAK AND 1 KM (0.65 MI) SOUTHEAST OF STATE ROAD 678, 5 KM (3.1 MI) NORTH BY ROAD FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 772. IT IS ABOUT 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) SOUTHEAST OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mahantango Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ()

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes, Joint Surfaces, And Fractures In The Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860

Mining district

District name Fort Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS PITS AND SEVERAL SMALL OPENCUTS.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY PROSPECTED BEFORE 1860 FOR ORE FOR ELIZABETH FURNACE WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1836.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RADER, E.K., AND BIGGS, T.H., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE STRASBURG AND TOMS BROOK QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VA. DIV. MIN. RES., REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 45, 104 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION EXISTS ON THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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