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Stoner Mine

Past Producer in Botetourt county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100498
MRDS ID W101804
Record type Site
Current site name Stoner Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.85394, 37.41673 (WGS84)
Elevation 495

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Botetourt(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Villamont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper James(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Jefferson 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 Virginia Botetourt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result MN 45.80 %, FE 3.06%, P 0.164% (1885 ANALYSIS)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.85394, 37.41673
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Blue Ridge Thrust

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 50 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 365.76M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE OF WORKINGS AND ATTITUDE ARE FROM 1917 VISIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, ET AL., 1919, VA GS BULL. 17

  • Deposit

    CHEN, PING-FAN, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOOSE CREEK AREA NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD DISSERTATION, VPI&SU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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