Sellers Mine

Past Producer in Rockingham 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156122
MAS/MILS ID 0511650004
Record type Site
Current site name Sellers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.67053, 38.32565 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGaheysville(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)

Federal lands

Shenandoah National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockingham

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.67053, 38.32565

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Mining district

District name Elkton Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. W. Sellers
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1894,1200 TONS OF MN ORE WERE SHIPPED. IN 1940,300 TONS A 941, 3 CARLOADS OF 30% MN ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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