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Cove Run Prospect A

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. 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 10080720
MRDS ID W032065
Record type Site
Current site name Cove Run Prospect A

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.52139, 38.97921 (WGS84)
Elevation 402
Relative position 3.8 KM (2.4 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 ON THE CREST OF A SMALL HILL ON THE EAST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 600 ABOUT 0.6 KM (0.35 MI) SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 600 AND 603.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.52139, 38.97921
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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, Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

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

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Donald Orndorff

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A TUNNEL, NOW CAVED, ON THE NORTHWEST SLOPE AND A SHAFT ON THE SOUTHEAST SLOPE. IN 1982, A CAVED TUNNEL, 8 PITS, AND DUMPS WERE SEEN. ONE OF THE PITS ON THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE HILL, ATAN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 381 M (1250 FT), MAY HAVE BEEN THE SHAFT NOW CAVED.

Comments on development

  • NOTHING IS KNOWN OF THE HISTORY OF THIS PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, PP 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 THE DUMP CONTAINS SOME CHERT AND SANDSTONE FRAGMENTS WITH MANGANESE STAINS AND CRUSTS. BOTH THE TUNNEL AND SHAFT WERE REPORTEDLY IN RESIDUAL CHERT OF THE NEW SCOTLAND LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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