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Cameron Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080710
MRDS ID W032053
Record type Site
Current site name Cameron Prospect
Alternate or previous names Little Fort Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.44333, 38.86698 (WGS84)
Elevation 402
Relative position 3.4 KM (2.1 MI) NORTHWEST OF DETRICK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rileyville(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

  • IN LITTLE FORT RECREATION AREA, IN THE WOODS JUST NORTHWEST OF THE PARKING LOT TO THE PICNIC AREA. SAME LOCATION AS THAT GIVEN FOR THE LITTLE FOR MINE BY MORRILL (1972), THUS IT IS BELIEVED THE TWO ARE ONE IN THE SAME. LITTLE FORT MINE IS PROBABLY A NAME GIVEN BY MORRILL TO THE WORKINGS HE FOUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Ridgeley Sandstone
    Rock description Ridgeley Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.44333, 38.86698
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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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 45 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Sandstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Donald Cameron

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stockwood Realty Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF OPENCUTS, SHAFTS AND PITS. ONE SHAFT WAS 7.6 M (25 FT) DEEP, WITH A 6-M (20 FT) LONG DRIFT TO THE NORTHWEST FROM THE SHAFT, AND ANOTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST TO THE BARREN SANDSTONE WALLS ON EITHER SIDE. IN 1982 A CAVED SHAFT, 4.6 M (15 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 2 M (6 FT) DEEP, AN OPENCUT ABOUT 1.5 M (5 FT) DEEP AND DUMPS WERE EVIDENT. SOME MANGANESE CRUSTS ON SANDSTONE WERE SEEN ON THE DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • D. CAMERON PROSPECTED BY OPENCUTS SOME TIME BEFORE 1916. IN 1916 THE STOCKWOOD REALTY CORP. PROSPECTED FOR MANGANESE BY PITS AND SHAFTS. ORE WAS NOT FOUND IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITY AND THE PROSPECT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED SINCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, 206 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 7-8, P. 438-441.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHAFT DESCRIBED BELOW REPORTEDLY PASSED THROUGH QUARTZITIC CONGLOMERATE AND PENETRATED A 1.8 TO 2.4 M (6 TO 8 FT) THICK IRON-ORE-BEARING ZONE IN SANDSTONE.

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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