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Peer, Cleve, Prospect

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096560
MRDS ID W032061
Record type Site
Current site name Peer, Cleve, Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.55, 38.97837 (WGS84)
Elevation 404
Relative position 5.4 KM (3.4 MI) SOUTHWEST OF ZEPP AND 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) NORTHEAST OF VAN BUREN FURNACE.

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

  • 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) WEST ON STATE ROAD 713 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 603 TO A SHARP LEFT TURN JUST PAST CEDAR CREEK: FOLLOW JEEP TRAIL NORTH FROM 713 FOR 240 M (787 FT) OVER A TRIBUTARY TO CEDAR CREEK: ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF A LOW RIDGE 80 M (260 FT) NORTHEAST FROM WHERE TRAIL CROSSES THE CREEK IS THE PROSPECT TUNNEL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
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) -78.55, 38.97837
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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, Unnamed Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

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
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer J.E. Cully

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. E. Cully
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Stewart Keller

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 7.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF A TUNNEL ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF A LOW RIDGE. THE TUNNEL ENTERS THE TOP OF THE RIDGELEY SANDSTONE AND EXTENDS NORTHWESTWARD FOR A DISTANCE OF 7.6 M (25 FT) IN THE SANDSTONE. IN 1982, A CAVED TUNNEL AND SEVERAL SMALL, CAVED PITS WERE EVIDENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, R.S., AND RADER, E.K., 1942, 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 TUNNEL REVEALED A FEW SMALL POCKETS OF SLIGHTLY MANGANIFEROUS SANDSTONE AND A LITTLE LIMONITIC SANDSTONE BUT NO SIZABLE BODY OF ORE.

Reporter information

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

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