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Stephenson Mine

Past Producer in Bath county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106238
MRDS ID W032019
Record type Site
Current site name Stephenson Mine
Alternate or previous names Stephenson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.7531, 38.12394 (WGS84)
Elevation 793
Relative position 8.5 KM (5.3 MI) NORTHEAST OF WARM SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bath(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Staunton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(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

George Washington 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 Bath

Comments on the location information

  • 1.6 KM (1 MI) SOUTH ON U.S. ROUTE 220 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 622, MINE IS 60 M (200 FT) WEST OF 220 ON THE WEST SIDE OF A TRIBUTARY TO MUDDY RUN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mckenzie Formation ;Clay Residuum
    Rock description Mckenzie Formation ;Clay Residuum

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.7531, 38.12394
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline, Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE-SW
    Dip 60 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer J. Ed. Gillett (?)
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1919

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. G. Chevalier

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN MARCH, 1919.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 7.6 M (25 FT) DEEP SHAFT WAS SUNK BY THE ROAD SIDE, NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE SMALL TRIBUTARY. A DRIFT, 15.2 M (50 FT) LONG, FOLLOWED THE ORE ZONE ALONG THE STRIKE SOUTHWESTWARD. ANOTHER DRIFT, 16.8 M (55 FT) LONG, WAS DRIVEN NORTHWESTWARD, BUT CALCITE WAS THE ONLY MINERAL FOUND. IN

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED BY J.ED. GILLETT BEFORE STOSE AND MISER VISITED THE PROPERTY ON SEPT. 7, 1918, BY WHICH TIME 20 TONS OF MANGANESE ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED. THE MARKETED ORE WAS HAND-PICKED, PLACED IN BAGS, AND THEN HAULED BY WAGON TO HOT SPRINGS, THE SHIPPING POINT. A CARLOAD OF ORE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MINED AND SHIPPED IN MARCH, 1919, BY C.G. CHEVALIER. A DRILLHOLE WAS PUT DOWN NEARBY AND REPORTEDLY PASSED THROUGH MANGANESE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOSE, G.W., AND MISER, H.D., 1922, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: VGS BULL. 23, 206 P

  • Production

    STOSE AND MISER (1922)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE ZONE CONSISTS OF CLAY, CALCITE, PSILOMELANE, AND MANGANITE, AND SEEMED TO PASS DOWNWARD AT A DEPTH OF 7.6 M (25 FT) INTO BARREN COARSELY CRYSTALLINE CALCITE, AND FOLLOWS THE BEDDING OF FINELY LAMINATED LIMESTONE. IN 1982, TWO OPEN CUTS, CAVED TUNNEL AND DUMPS WERE EVIDENT. SITE HAS BEEN RECLAIMED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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