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Miller Run Mine

Past Producer in Rockingham 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106237
MRDS ID W032011
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Run Mine
Alternate or previous names Miller Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.7764, 38.24394 (WGS84)
Elevation 476
Relative position 4.4KM (2.75 MI) SOUTHEAST OF GROTTOES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crimora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shenandoah National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockingham

Comments on the location information

  • 3.5 KM (2.2 MI) EAST ON STATE ROAD 663 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 340, TURN SOUTH ON TO NATIONAL PARK FIRE ROAD FOR 1.5 KM (0.95 MI) TO AN INTERMITTENT STREAM, TURN EAST AND FOLLOW STREAM BED FOR ABOUT 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) TO WHERE THE STREAM BED TURNS 90 DEG TO THE NORTHEAST, FOLLOW A DRAINAGE TO THE SOUTHEAST FOR ABOUT 150 M (492 FT) TO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON ORE IS CLASSIFIED AS "MOUNTAIN" BROWN ORE BY HARDER, 1909.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF ORE YIELDED 45.41% FE AND 0.274% P (HARDER, 1909).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
    Rock description Alluvial Fans;Antietam Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.7764, 38.24394
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Massanutten Synclinorium

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Shenandoah National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN CUTS, AT LEAST 20 PITS, AND ONE PROBABLE CAVED SHAFT WERE SEEN IN 1981. PITS ARE UP TO 6M (20 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 3M (10FT) DEEP. SHAFT IS ABOUT 6 M (20 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 4.6 M (15 FT) IN DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS PROBABLY WORKED IN THE 1880'S AS PART OF THE MT. VERNON GROUP OF MINES. THE ORE WAS PROBABLY USED IN THE MT. VERNON FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GATHRIGHT, T.M., II, HENIKA, W.S., AND SULLIVAN, J.L., III, 1978, GEOLOGY OF THE CRIMORA QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VDMR PUB 13.

  • Deposit

    HARDER, E.C., 1909, THE IRON ORES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION IN VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 380, PP. 215-254.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT APPARENTLY CONSISTS OF ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF VARIOUS FORMS AND SIZES SCATTERED THROUGH BROWN CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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