| Deposit ID | 10080729 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032076 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Orndorff, Moses, Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.48, 39.04586 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 361 |
| Relative position | 4.5 KM (2.8 MI) NORTHEAST OF ZEPP. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Frederick |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ridgeley Sandstone | ||||
| Rock description | Ridgeley Sandstone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -78.48, 39.04586 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Anticline, Syncline |
| General form | IRREGULAR VEINLETS |
|---|---|
| Dip | 35 DEG OF 40 DEG SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1920 |
| District name | Cedar Creek Valley Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 3.7M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032076 |
STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL 23, 206 P.
MONROE, W.H., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF CEDAR CREEK VALLEY, FREDERICK AND SHENANDOAH COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 936-E, P. 111-141.
BUTTS, C., AND EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FREDERICK COUNTY: VDMR BULL 80, 142 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHAFT PENETRATED BEDS OF PEBBLY SANDSTONE AND SAND. SANDY MANGANESE ORE IN A VEIN AS MUCH AS 3.8 CM (1.5 IN) THICK WAS FOUND NEAR THE SURFACE BUT THE QUANTITY IS FAR TOO SMALL TO BE OF COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1982 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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