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Trout Pond Mine

Past Producer in Hardy county in West 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10302599
MAS/MILS ID 0540310020
Record type Site
Current site name Trout Pond Mine
Alternate or previous names Capon Iron Works

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.72692, 38.95616 (WGS84)
Elevation 594

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hardy(county)

West 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)

Cacapon-Town(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 West Virginia Hardy

Comments on the location information

  • Corrected typo in latitude by one degree so that location now plots near Trout Pond in Hardy County WV as stated by the rest of the record.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.72692, 38.95616
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-1978 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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