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Grove Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Page 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080210
MRDS ID W031313
Record type Site
Current site name Grove Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.6114, 38.53615 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) NORTH OF GROVE HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Page(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Front Royal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Page

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF U.S. HWY 340, 0.15 KM (0.10 MI) BY ROAD SOUTH OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 613 AND 0.1 KM (0.05 MI) NORTH OF BRIDGE OVER SOUTH FORK OF SHENANDOAH RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue

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
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Beekmantown Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Stanley Fault, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault, Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPHALERITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MINOR BEDDING-PLANE FAULT, WITH DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS REPLACING THIN GOUGE AND LARGER CRYSTALS IN VEIN DOLOMITE CEMENTING FRACTURED BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Shenandoah Valley/Shenandoah

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • OCCURRENCE HAS NOT BEEN PROSPECTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., JR., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 81, 78 P.

  • 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

    SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

Reporter information

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

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