Stanley / Eureka Mine

Past Producer in Page county in Virginia, United States with commodity Manganese
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Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10276820
MAS/MILS ID 0511390001
Record type Site
Current site name Stanley / Eureka Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.50692, 38.56194 (WGS84)
Elevation 457

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Page

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.50692, 38.56194

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Elkton Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shenandoah Manganese Co.
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1974

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1890-1910, MUCH HIGH GRADE MN ORE WAS REMOVED. IN 1918-19, AH MANG. CO. SHIPPED 13 CARLOADS OF LOW-GRADE ORE. FROM 1928 000 TONS OF HIGH GRADE 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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