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Elkton Mines and Prospects

Past Producer in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067824
MRDS ID W000672
Record type Site
Current site name Elkton Mines and Prospects
Alternate or previous names Kendall and Flick, Mary Campbell, Neisswaner, U.S. Manganese Corp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.6164, 38.39032 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(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 Rockingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.6164, 38.39032
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES IN RESIDUAL CLAY DERIVED FROM TOMSTOWN DOLOMITE AND WAYNESBORO FORMATION, AND OVERLAIN BY CONSIDERABLE GRAVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Year of first production 1888
Production years 1888-1917(?)

Mining district

District name Elkton Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Manganese Corp

Comments on the production information

  • KENDALL AND FLICK PROD. (1889-1910)=+10,000 TONS CONCENTRATE;; 1894 PROD.V1190 TONS(LARGEST AMT. OF CONCENTRATE IN STATE); 1908 PROD.V5200 TONS. TOTAL NEISSWANER PROD.V 1750 TONS CONCENTRATE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., 1950, USGS PROF. PAPER 230, P. 74-76

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND OTHERS, 1919, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, P. 71-77

  • Production

    REFERENCES(1) AND (2)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS; OLD LARGE PRODUCING AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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