Mine detail: Ingham Mine

Previously called 'Beverley Bank ?'

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Location: Page County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.52254, -78.56501
dep_id: 10106241
mrds_id: W032035
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite, Psilomelane
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
tectonic: Orogen
Year first produced: 1880
yr_lst_prd: 1895
disc_yr: 1880
discr: Mills & Co. (?)
References:
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 230, 82 P.
  • 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: VA. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 81, 78 P.
  • Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1883, THE VIRGINIAS, VOL. 4, P. 98.
  • Deposit:: KING, P.B., 1943, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE ELKTON AREA, VIRGINIA: USGS BULL. 940-B, P. 15-55.
  • Deposit:: MORRILL, P, 1972, VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS: ROCKS AND MINERALS MAGAZINE. VOL. 47, NO. 6, P. 369-371.
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