| Deposit ID | 10106241 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W032035 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ingham Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Beverley Bank ? |
| Geographic coordinates: | -78.56501, 38.52254 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 372 |
| Relative position | 6.4 KM (4 MI) NORTHEAST OF SHENANDOAH AND 1.4 KM (0.9 MI) SOUTHEAST OF INGHAM STATION. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Page |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -78.56501, 38.52254 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Discoverer | Mills & Co. (?) |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1895 |
| District name | Elkton Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Park |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mills And Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Forest Service - Shenandoah National Park |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W032035 |
KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.
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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.
ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.
ANONYMOUS, 1883, THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 4, P. 98.
KING, P.B., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL. 940-B, P. 15-55.
MORRILL, P, 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE. VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF IRREGULAR FRAGMENTS OF LIMONITE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CLAY RESIDUUM DERIVED FROM THE WEATHERING OF THE UPPER BEDS OF THE SHADY DOLOMITE. THE TOP BEDS OF THE ANTIETAM FORMATION ARE EXPOSED A SHORT DISTANCE UP SLOPE TO THE EAST AND DIP 45 DEG W. THE STRUCTURE AROUND THE MINE IS HOMOCLINAL. |
| Deposit | ABOUT 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) TO THE SOUTH IN THE NORTHERN HEADWATERS OF THE NEXT BRANCH IS A SINGLE OPEN CUT ABOUT HALF AN ACRE IN EXTENT. THE CUT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED YEARS AGO FOR IRON ORE AND ACCORDINGTO LOCAL RESIDENTS A CARLOAD OF MANGANESE CONCENTRATES WAS HANDPICKED AND SHIPPED FROM THIS CUT ABOUT 1930. THE CUT EXPOSES RESIDUAL CLAY CONTAINING NODULES OF IRON-BEARING MANGANESE NODULES. APPROXIMATE UTM COORDINATES ARE N 4265900, E 712260, ZONE +17, ELEV. 427 M: LOCATION NOT FIELD CHECKED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1982 | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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