Mud Hole Gap Property
Toms Brook, Virginia
38.9161°N 78.3891°W
Mine Overview
The Mud Hole Gap Property is near Toms Brook, Virginia. Historically the site has been associated with the Little Fort Valley Area which is now part of the George Washington National Forest. The ore mined is composed of pyrolusite, limonite and psilomelane. The ore body is described as having an irregular shape of unknown dimensions. The host rock in this area is sandstone from the Upper Devonian epoch 382.70 to 358.90 million years ago. The Middle Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
Site identification and general characteristics. Learn about USGS mines.
Owner Name and Address
U.S. Forest Service
- Type
- Owner
Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Iron Metallic Primary
- Manganese Metallic Primary
Location Info
- Shenandoah , Virginia County / State
- Continent Country State County
- North America The United States Virginia Shenandoah
Workings
PROSPECT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS PITS
Concentration Process
Processes that concentrated or enriched the mineralization of the mine.
- Concentration Process
- Minerals Probably Leached From Overlying Black Devonian Shales
Orebody
Characteristics of the ore body.
Structure
Geologic structural features affecting or characterizing the site or mine.
- Scale Description
- Local Syncline
- Regional Northeast-Southwest Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium
Physiography
Physiographic area where the resource is found.
- Division Province? Section
- Appalachian Highlands Valley And Ridge Province Middle Section
Ore Control
Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.
- Text?
- Fractures In Sandstone
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Unnamed Iron Prospect
- Iron commodity Site type Prospect status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- Surface
- 0.01 miles
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Philadelphia Manganese Mine
- Manganese commodity Site type Mine status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- 0.22 miles
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Powells Fort Camp Mine
- Manganese commodity Site type Mine status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- 0.33 miles
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Unnamed Iron Mine
- Iron commodity Site type Mine status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- Surface
- 0.34 miles
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Philadelphia Manganese Mine
- Manganese commodity Site type Mine status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- Surface And Underground
- 0.83 miles
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Duncan Gap Prospect
- Iron commodity Site type Occurrence status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- 0.86 miles
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Unnamed Iron Prospect
- Iron commodity Site type Prospect status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- Surface
- 0.86 miles
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Mud Hole Gap Property
- Manganese commodity Site type Mine status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- Surface And Underground
- 1.28 miles
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Oregon Manganese Mine
- Manganese commodity Site type Mine status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- Surface And Underground
- 1.98 miles
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Fort Powell Mine
- Manganese commodity Site type Mine status
- Shenandoah, Virginia
- Surface And Underground
- 2.18 miles
Nearby Places
- Toms Brook (3.40 miles away)
- Maurertown (4.11 miles away)
- Strasburg (5.27 miles away)
- Woodstock (6.70 miles away)
- Bentonville (7.02 miles away)
- Middletown (9.66 miles away)
- Lebanon Church (9.66 miles away)
- Riverton (10.41 miles away)
- Rileyville (10.43 miles away)
- Front Royal (10.46 miles away)
- Edinburg (11.55 miles away)
- Shenandoah Shores (13.57 miles away)
- Chester Gap (14.33 miles away)
- Stephens City (14.76 miles away)
- Apple Mountain Lake (15.47 miles away)
- Wardensville (15.68 miles away)
- Skyland Estates (16.50 miles away)
- Shenandoah Farms (17.45 miles away)
- Luray (17.73 miles away)
- Mount Jackson (17.99 miles away)
- Washington (18.68 miles away)
- Flint Hill (18.82 miles away)
- Shawneeland (19.57 miles away)
- Sperryville (19.93 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Little Fort Valley Area (0 miles away)
Nearby Lands
- George Washington National Forest (0 miles away)
- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park (5.35 miles away)
Footnotes
* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.
** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.
1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.
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Notes
230 M (754 FEET) NORTHWEST OF POWELLS FORT CAMP ROAD 3. 8 KM (2. 4 MI) BY ROAD NORTHEAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 771 AND 0. 36 KM (0. 23 MI) WEST OF THE PHILADELPHIA MINE.