Little Ore Bank Mine

Past Producer in Page county in Virginia, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

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.

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)

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 Page

Comments on the location information

  • IN A SADDLE BETWEEN A SMALL KNOB AND THE MAIN RIDGE ABOUT 0.45 KM (0.3 MI) EAST-NORTHEAST FROM THE END OF STATE ROAD 609 AND EAST OF FULTZ RUN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.56751, 38.5081

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Residuum

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elkton Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dent And Rogers
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Shenandoah National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST 4 PITS, THE LARGEST ABOUT 6 M (20 FT) IN DIAMETER

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS ARE SMALL SO IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT MUCH ORE WAS EVER PRODUCED, BUT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT TWO CARLOADS OF MANGANESE CONCENTRATES WERE SHIPPED FROM THE MINE ABOUT 1915 BY DENT AND ROGERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    KING, P.B., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL 940-B, P. 15-55.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78, P.

  • Deposit

    MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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