Mine detail: Ingham Mine

Previously called 'Beverley Bank ?'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.52254, -78.56501

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Ore: Limonite, Psilomelane
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880
Last production ended: 1895

Geology

Host rock:Clay Residuum Derived From The Shady Dolomite
Host type:Clay, Mud
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:Orogen

References

MRDSW032035
DEP10106241
Reference{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.}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)