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Audenried ? Mine

Past Producer in Page county in Virginia, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106240
MRDS ID W032031
Record type Site
Current site name Audenried ? Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.42889, 38.6981 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Relative position 3.6 KM (2.25 MI) SOUTHWEST OF VAUGHN AND 4.6 KM (2.9 MI) NORTHEAST OF LURAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Page(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Front Royal(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Page

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SITE IS 0.26 KM (0.16 MI) WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROADS 658 AND 656 NORTH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 658. EAST SITE IS 40 M (130 FT) WEST OF THE SAME INTERSECTION, ALSO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 658 AT UTM COORDINATES N 4286225, E 723790 (ZONE +17).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE YIELDED 48% FE, 0.12% P, 0.03% S (HOTCHKISS, 1884).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Conococheague Formation
    Rock description Conococheague Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.42889, 38.6981
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Virginia Ore And Iron Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982, WORKINGS CONSISTED AT THE EAST SITE OF ONE OPEN CUT MOSTLY FILLED WITH DEBRIS AND AT THE WEST SITE OF A CAVED TUNNEL, SHAFT, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND DUMPS. SOME ORE WAS SEEN ON THE DUMPS. THE SHAFT WAS ABOUT 7.6 M (25 FT) IN DIAMETER AND 3 M (10 FT) DEEP. AND WAS FILLED WITH DEBRIS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS PRODUCING 100 TONS OF ORE A WEEK IN OCTOBER, 1884. ORE SUPPLIED ISABELLA FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOTCHKISS, J., 1884, VIRGINIA MINERALS FOR THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION: THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 5, NO. 9, P. 179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
Deposit DEPOSIT APPARENTLY CONSISTED OF IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS OF IRON ORE IN CLAY AND LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

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