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Little Stony Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodity Mineral Pigments
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080731
MRDS ID W032078
Record type Site
Current site name Little Stony Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.65862, 38.90365 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Relative position 4.4 KM (2.75 MI) NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA FURNACE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Gap(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

  • ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A DRAINAGE 0.26 KM (0.16 MI) EAST OF STATE ROAD 749, 1.0 KM (0.6 MI) BY ROAD NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 675.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mineral Pigments Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Mahantango Formation
    Rock description Mahantango Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mahantango Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGY SEE YOUNG AND RADER (1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982 4 SMALL PITS UP TO 1 M (3 FT) DEEP WERE EVIDENT. OCHER FLOAT WAS COMMON ON THE HILLSIDE BELOW THE PITS. ONE PIT MAY BE A CAVED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HELSLEY, F., 1982- PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT MUCH INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM

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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