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West Bank Mine

Past Producer in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080721
MRDS ID W032067
Record type Site
Current site name West Bank Mine
Alternate or previous names West Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.57083, 38.9781 (WGS84)
Elevation 524
Relative position 7 KM (4.4 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

  • 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 713 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 603 TO AN OLD BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 713 AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF A CREEK: FOLLOW A JEEP TRAIL TO THE NORTHWEST, CROSSING THE CREEK AND THROUGH A PASTURE INTO THE NATIONAL FOREST, FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.0 KM (0.6 MI), PROSPECT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRAIL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Chert Gangue

Analytical data

Result IRON ORE ANALYSIS: 35.78 % FE, 0.07 % P (HOLDEN, 1907).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Keyser Formation;Licking Creek Limestone
    Rock description Keyser Formation;Licking Creek Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.57083, 38.9781
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONE FLOAT OF KEEFER SANDSTONE ABUNDANT IN MINE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982 AT LEAST 3 CAVED SHAFTS, 5 OPEN CUTS, AND 10 PITS WERE SEEN.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY SAME MINE AS WEST MINE OF HOLDEN IN WATSON, 1907. ORE USED IN VAN BUREN FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MRS. HENDRICKS, 1982, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON, IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., P. 402-491.

Reporter information

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

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