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Nelson No. 1 Prospect

Occurrence in Frederick 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080728
MRDS ID W032075
Record type Site
Current site name Nelson No. 1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.47555, 39.04947 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 5.2 KM (3.25 MI) NORTHEAST OF ZEPP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Frederick(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winchester(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Frederick

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 600 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 601, TURN EAST ON FARM ROAD FOR 0.16 KM (0.1 MI) TO WHERE ROAD TURNS TO THE RIGHT, ON THE LEFT (NORTH) IS A DIM WOODS ROAD, FOLLOW WOODS ROAD TO THE NORTH ALONG THE BASE OF A RIDGE FOR ABOUT 213 M (700 FT) TO TUNNEL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

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) -78.47555, 39.04947
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 30 TO 35 DEG SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGY SEE BUTTS AND EDMUNDSON (1966).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Mr. Charles F. Nelson

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Charles F. Nelson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN INTO THE RIDGE, TRENDING NORTHWEST AND WAS AT LEAST 40 M (132 FT) LONG. IN 1982, A CAVED TUNNEL AND DUMP WERE SEEN. NO ORE WAS SEEN ON THE DUMP.

Comments on development

  • STOSE AND MISER VISITED THE PROPERTY ON JULY 18, 1920 WHEN WORK APPARENTLY WAS STILL IN PROGRESS ON THE TUNNEL. THEY STATED THE TUNNEL NEEDED TO BE EXTENDED ANOTHER 15 TO 23 M (50 TO 75 FT) TO PASS THROUGH THE SANDSTONE INTO THE UNDERLYING NEW SCOTLAND LIMESTONE, THE UPPER PART OF WHICH WAS DEEPLY WEATHERED. THIS WEATHERED ZONE WAS WHERE MANGANESE ORE OCCURRED AT MINERAL RIDGE AND IT WAS HOPED THE SAME CONDITIONS WOULD BE FOUND HERE. ACCORDING TO MONROE (1942) THE TUNNEL WAS NEVER EXTENDED FAR ENOUGH TO REACH THE WEATHERED ZONE OR THE NEW SCOTLAND LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, C., AND EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FREDERICK COUNTY: VDMR BULL 80, 142 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE TUNNEL WAS IN RIDGELEY SANDSTONE.

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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