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Liberty Furnace Iron Mines

Past Producer in Shenandoah 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. 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 10106244
MRDS ID W032079
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Furnace Iron Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.69584, 38.90337 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 6.9 KM (4.3 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

  • 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) NORTHEAST ON STATE ROAD 691 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 717, MINES START ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF 691 AND EXTEND NORTHEASTWARD FOR 2.4 KM (1.5 MI). THE MINES ARE ON BOTH THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST SIDES OF 691, NORTHWEST SIDE OF STATE ROAD 789, AND EAST AND WEST SIDES OF STATE ROAD 675, ALONG THE BASE OF THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF SINE MOUNTAIN AND ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TIBBET KNOB. UTM COORDINATES FOR THE FOUR MAJOR MINE SITES ARE: N 4307400, E 699255: N4307780, E 699430: N 4308380, E 699780: N 4308750, E 699970.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Clay Residuum;Limestone, Sandstone-Specific Formation Containing Ore Zone Uncertain
    Rock description Clay Residuum;Limestone, Sandstone-Specific Formation Containing Ore Zone Uncertain

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.69584, 38.90337
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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, Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGY SEE YOUNG AND RADER (1974).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1850

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1982, WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SHAFTS, TUNNELS, PITS, OPEN CUTS, AND DUMPS. THE LARGEST SHAFT WAS 6 M (20 FT) SQUARE AND 2 M (6 FT) DEEP. ALL BUT ONE OF THE TUNNELS WERE CAVED, THE OPEN TUNNEL WAS PARTIALLY OPEN, BUT CONTAINED WATER. THE LARGEST OPEN CUT IS MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUS FOR A DISTANCE OF 122 TO 152 M (400 TO 500 FT), AND IS UP TO 4.6 M (15 FT) WIDE AND 3 M (10 FT) DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ORE SHIPPED TO LIBERTY FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, R.S., AND RADER, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VDMR, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S (?)

Reporter information

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

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