Mine detail: Stanley Ocher Mine

Previously called 'Stanley Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.56698, -78.51805

Resource(N)

Primary: Mineral Pigments
Discovery year: 1876

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1876
Last production ended: 1907

Geology

Host rock:Waynesboro Formation
Host type:Clay, Mud
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Stanley Fault Zone, Syncline
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW032033
DEP10080693
Reference{Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: PRIME, F., JR., 1880, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PAGE VALLEY: THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 1, P. 34-36.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1880, THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 1, P. 173.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, S.S., 1964, IRON AND TITANIUM MINERAL PIGMENTS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL. 10, NO. 3, P. 1-6.}{Production:: KING, 1950}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)