Orndorff-Jasper Prospect

Wardensville, West Virginia

39.0194°N 78.5094°W

Mine Overview

The Orndorff-Jasper Prospect is near Wardensville, West Virginia. Historically the site has been associated with the Cedar Creek Valley Mining District which is now part of the George Washington National Forest. The site was first discovered before 1922. Mine operations consist of surface and underground workings. There is one known shaft. Subsurface length extends a maximum of 84 meters (276 feet). The ore mined is composed of psilomelane and pyrolusite with waste material consisting primarily of chert. The ore body has a lenticular or lens shaped form of unknown dimensions. The host rock in this area is sandstone. The Middle Section of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

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Manganese Primary Commodity
Site Record Type^?
Occurrence Development Status^?
Before 1922 Year Discovered^?
Metallic Site Commodity Type^?
Small Mine Size^?

Mine Names

Name^? Status^?
Orndorff-Jasper Prospect Current

Owner Name and Address

Kaylor-Fleming Manganese Company

Type: Operator

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

Commodity Type Importance
Manganese Metallic Primary

Deposit

ORE OCCURS IN CLAY AND FRIABLE SANDSTONE.

Location Info

Shenandoah , Virginia County / State

Continent Country State County
North America The United States Virginia Shenandoah

Notes

ABOUT 2. 0 KM (1. 3 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROAD 746 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 600 TO A JEEP TRAIL HEADING NORTHEAST UP GODLOVE HILL: PROSPECT BEGINS ABOUT 11 M (35 FEET) NORTHEAST OF 746, CONTINUING UP THE CREST OF THE HILL.

Land Status

Land status information.

Land Status^? Admin Area^?
Private -

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

District
Cedar Creek Valley Mining District

Development

MINE WAS WORKED BEFORE 1922. 3 SHAFTS WERE SUNK BEFORE KAYLOR-FLEMING MANGANESE CO. LEASED THE PROPERTY AND MADE THE TUNNEL.

Workings

Workings at the site.

Workings #1

Type: Surface and Underground
Sub Surface Length: 84 Meters

Workings

ORIGINAL WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 3 SHAFTS, 1 TUNNEL, AND SEVERAL PITS. IN 1982, 3 CAVED SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS CAVED PITS WERE SEEN. MANGANESE ORE IS ABUNDANT ON THE DUMPS AROUND THE SHAFTS AND ALSO IN THE ROCK OUTCROPS IN THE SHAFT WALLS. TUNNEL WAS NOT FOUND: IT WAS ORIGINALLY 84 M (275 FEET) LONG.

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

Role^? Material^?
Gangue/Waste Chert
Ore Psilomelane
Ore Pyrolusite

Orebody

Characteristics of the ore body.

Rocks

Geological materials at the site.

Class^? 1st Order Name^? 2nd Order Name^? 3rd Order Name^? 4th Order Name^? Most Specific Name^? Begin Time End Time Description^?
Host Rock Ridgeley Sandstone; Clay Residuum Sedimentary Rock Clastic Sedimentary Rock Sandstone Sandstone - - -
Host Rock Unconsolidated Deposit Clay, Mud - - Clay, Mud - - -

Structure

Geologic structural features affecting or characterizing the site or mine.

Scale Description
Local Syncline
Regional Northeast-Southwest Trend

Tectonic

Tectonic setting in which the site or deposit is situated.

Setting^?
Miogeosyncline

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^?
Clay Residuum

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

Nearby Places

Wardensville (6.10 miles away)
Toms Brook (6.29 miles away)
Maurertown (6.66 miles away)
Lebanon Church (7.97 miles away)
Strasburg (8.37 miles away)
Woodstock (9.51 miles away)
Middletown (12.29 miles away)
Baker (12.72 miles away)
Delray (13.11 miles away)
Edinburg (14.04 miles away)
Shawneeland (15.09 miles away)
Stephens City (16.24 miles away)
Bentonville (16.60 miles away)
Riverton (17.39 miles away)
Front Royal (18.31 miles away)
Lost City (18.51 miles away)
Rileyville (18.74 miles away)
Gore (19.38 miles away)
Capon Bridge (19.65 miles away)
Mount Jackson (20.20 miles away)
Augusta (20.26 miles away)
Basye (21.13 miles away)
Lake Holiday (22.33 miles away)
Slanesville (24.44 miles away)

Nearby Mining Districts

Cedar Creek Valley Mining District (0 miles away)
Wardensville-Halfmoon Mountain Area (3.60 miles away)
Little Fort Valley Area (5.54 miles away)

Nearby Lands

George Washington National Forest (0 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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