Mine detail: Stanley Ocher Mine

Previously called 'Stanley Deposit'

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Location: Page County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.56698, -78.51805
dep_id: 10080693
mrds_id: W032033
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mineral Pigments
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Waynesboro Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Stanley Fault Zone, Syncline
tectonic: Orogen
Year first produced: 1876
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1907
disc_yr: 1876
discr: Oxford Ocher Co. (?)
References:
  • 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
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