| Deposit ID | 10080693 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032033 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stanley Ocher Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Stanley Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.51805, 38.56698 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 332 |
| Relative position | 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) SOUTHWEST OF STANLEY. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Page |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mineral Pigments | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| Rock unit name | Waynesboro Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Waynesboro Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -78.51805, 38.56698 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Stanley Fault Zone, Syncline |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1876 |
| Discoverer | Oxford Ocher Co. (?) |
| Year of first production | 1876 |
| Year of last production | 1907 |
| District name | Elkton Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oxford Ocher Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032033 |
KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
PRIME, F., JR., 1880, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PAGE VALLEY: THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 1, P. 34-36.
ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.
ANONYMOUS, 1880, THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 1, P. 173.
MCCREATH, A.S., 1884, THE MINERAL WEALTH OF VIRGINIA, TRIBUTARY TO THE LINES OF THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANIES: HARRISBURG, PA.
MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.
JOHNSON, S.S., 1964, IRON AND TITANIUM MINERAL PIGMENTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 10, NO. 3, P. 1-6.
KING, 1950
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SILTY, YELLOW OR BROWN CLAY OF GREAT UNIFORMITY THROUGHOUT, DERIVED FROM THE DECOMPOSITION OF SILTY SHALE OF THE WAYNESBORO FORMATION. THE CLAY IS THINLY AND EVENLY LAMINATED, THE LAMINAE DIPPING 45 DEG TO 60 DEG NW, AND APPARENTLY UNDERWENT LITTLE REDUCTION IN VOLUME CONSEQUENT TO THE DECOMPOSITION OF THE SHALE. THE CLAY IS EXPOSED FOR OVER 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) ALONG THE BED AND BANKS OF STONY RUN, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD. AWAY FROM THE RUN THE CLAY IS COVERED BY A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF GRAVEL WHICH WOULD PROBABLY IMPEDE ANY FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO WORK THE DEPOSIT, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE INDICATIONS FROM WATER WELLS THAT THE CLAY EXTENDS BENEATH THE GRAVEL FOR SOME DISTANCE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1982 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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