| Deposit ID | 10080694 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032036 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Ore Bank Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Fultz Run Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.56751, 38.5081 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 418 |
| Relative position | 5.4 KM (3.4 MI) NORTHEAST OF SHENANDOAH AND 2.4 KM (1.5 MI) SOUTHEAST OF INGHAM STATION. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Page(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stanley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Front Royal(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)
Federal lands
Shenandoah National Park(National Park)
National Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Page |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| Rock unit name | Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -78.56751, 38.5081 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Anticline |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| Year of last production | 1915 |
| District name | Elkton Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Park |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dent And Rogers |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Forest Service - Shenandoah National Park |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032036 |
KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.
STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VA. SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.
KING, P.B., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 940-B, P. 15-55.
ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78, P.
MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PITS EXPOSE BUFF RESIDUAL CLAY CONTAINING PIECES OF CHERT AND MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES. CLAY RESIDUUM DERIVER FROM THE WEATHERING OF THE SHADY DOLOMITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1982 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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