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Timberville Mine

Past Producer in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodity Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072331
MRDS ID W017362
Record type Site
Current site name Timberville Mine
Alternate or previous names Weatherholtz Property Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.7364, 38.68837 (WGS84)
Elevation 393
Relative position 7.2 KM (4.5 MI) NW OF NEW MARKET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Market(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Shenandoah

Comments on the location information

  • 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) NW OF RIGHT ANGLE BEND IN STATE ROAD 728, 1.3 KM (0.8 MI) BY ROAD EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE HWY. 42 SOUTH OF FORESTVILLE. WORKINGS EXTEND TO UTM N4284490., E696880.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Greenockite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY DATA PER USBM AS CITED IN HERBERT AND YOUNG (1956): 8.90-28.50% ZN, ORE EXTRACTED AVERAGED 4.89% & 7.28% ZN IN 1949 & 1950,RESPECTIVELY. (HERBERT & YOUNG, 1956)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.7364, 38.68837
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Linville Creek Syncline, Mayland Anticline, Dolostone Strikes N.40 Deg.E. And Dips 70-80 Deg. Nw.

Ore body information

  • Strike N.40 DEG.E.
    Dip 70-80 DEG. NW.
    Length 2400M
    Width 1.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pod, Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • AEROMAGNETIC AND GRAVITY STUDIES OF REGION SUGGEST EXISTENCE OF MAJOR ANTICLINAL CROSSFOLD IN NW-SE DIRECTION. FOR MINERAL PARAGENESIS, SEE HERBERT AND YOUNG (1956). NO GALENA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Thomas M. Wise
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Shenandoah Valley/Timberville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Timberville Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60.10% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Zinc Zinc 60wt-pct
  • Year 1949
    Material ORE ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.89% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
  • Year 1950
    Period 1949-1950
    Material CON ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^60.3% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Zinc Zinc 60wt-pct
  • Year 1950
    Period 1949-1950
    Material ORE ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5.66% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
  • Year 1950
    Material ORE ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^7.28% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30M
    Overall depth 24M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS SUNK.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS PROSPECTED BY THOMAS M. WISE IN THE EARLY 1900'S. TIMBERVILLE MINING DEVELOPED AND OPERATED MINE FROM 1948 TO 1950, SHIPPING ORE TO AMERICAN ZINC CO. OF TENNESEE FOR REFINING ORE. THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES DRILLED 3 SHALLOW HOLES IN 1949. ST JOE AMERICAN CORP. DRILLED 4 HOLES IN AUG-SEPT. 1982. THE CORE IS STORED AT THE DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA ; ECON.COM: ORE PROCESSED AT MASCOT, TENN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HERBERT, P., JR., AND YOUNG, R.S., 1956, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 70, 58 P.

  • Deposit

    LAURANCE, R.A., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, V. 1: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 155-168.

  • Deposit

    LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSEN, R.C., 1949, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE SHENANDOAH ZINC-LEAD PROSPECTS NEAR TIMBERVILLE, ROCKINGHAM CO., VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, OPEN FILE REPORT 91.1618: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL TIMBERVILLE MINING CO.: DEVELOPED AND OPERATED MINE.

  • Deposit

    1949 DIREXPL U.S.B.M.: SUNK 3 SHALLOW EXPLORATORY HOLES.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL THOMAS M. WISE: PROSPECTED PROPERTY IN EARLY 1900'S.

  • Production

    HERBERT AND YOUNG (1956)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HORIZON CAN BE TRACED THROUGH SCATTERED OUTCROPS FOR ABOUT 2.4 KM NE OF SHAFT. THIS EXTENSION INCLUDES ZIRKLE PROPERTY PROSPECT. DEPTH TO BOTTOM IS AT LEAST 24 M. VEIN IN A FAULT THAT DIPS AT A LOW ANGLE TO THE BEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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