Orndorff, R.L., Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10080718
MRDS ID	W032063
Record type	Site
Current site name	Orndorff, R.L., Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-78.52444, 38.98698 (WGS84)
Elevation	434
Relative position	3.2 KM (2 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

PROSPECT IS 0.35 KM (0.2 MI) NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 600 AND 603, ON THE CREST AND WEST SIDE OF A RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Manganese Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Pyrolusite	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	New Scotland Limestone;Ridgeley Sandstone
Rock description	New Scotland Limestone;Ridgeley Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-78.52444, 38.98698	ListMap

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

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	1942

Mining district

District name	Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Comments on the workings information

2 SHAFTS WERE REPORTEDLY DUG. IN 1942, ONLY ONE CAVED SHAFT WAS FOUND, IT WAS 3 M (10 FT) DEEP. IN 1982, TWO PITS (CAVED SHAFTS ?) WERE FOUND, EACH ONE ABOUT 3 M (10 FT) SQUARE AND 0.6 TO 0.9 M (2 TO 3 FT) DEEP.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W032063

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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