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Peer, Frank Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10080716
MRDS ID W032060
Record type Site
Current site name Peer, Frank Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.54028, 38.98532 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 4.4 KM (2.75 MI) SOUTHWEST OF ZEPP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodstock(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

  • 2.6 KM (1.6 MI) SOUTHWEST ON STATE ROAD 713 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 600 TO SUGAR HILL CEMETERY: PROSPECT IS ON RIDGE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND ABOUT 230 M (754 FT) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE CEMETERY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.54028, 38.98532
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt. Pleasant Syncline, Unnamed Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGY SEE YOUNG AND RADAR (1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Stewart Keller

Comments on the workings information

  •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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, P. 111-141.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, R.S., AND RADAR, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR REPT. OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRAGMENTS OF CHERT FOUND ON THE DUMP IN 1941 WERE STAINED WITH MANGANESE OXIDE AND SOME FRAGMENTS SHOWED PARTIAL REPLACEMENT BY PSILOMELANE. NO ORE WAS FOUND IN 1941.

Reporter information

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

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