Mine detail: Stanley Mine

Previously called 'Eurekamine'

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Location: Page County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.56004, -78.51055
dep_id: 10105492
mrds_id: W000673
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Cobalt, Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
gangue: Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Coury, Anny B., Trimble, David, C.
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Syncline, Strike-Slip Fault
tectonic: Orogen
Year first produced: 1895
yr_lst_prd: 1938
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL. 940-B, P. 15-55.
  • 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. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 17, 166 P.
  • Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VDMR BULL. 81, 78 P.
  • Deposit:: HARDER, E.C., 1910, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 427, P. 55-56.
  • Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P., 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE, VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 370.
  • Deposit:: PRIME, F., JR., 1880, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PAGE VALLEY: THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 1, P. 34-36.
  • Production:: REFERENCE(1)
  • Reserve-Resource:: UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT
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