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Howard Showalter Prospect

Occurrence in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080218
MRDS ID W031322
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Showalter Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.82112, 38.63476 (WGS84)
Elevation 384
Relative position 3.95 KM (2.45 MI) WEST OF TIMBERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timberville(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 Rockingham

Comments on the location information

  • 0.3 KM (0.2 MI) EAST OF FARM ROAD, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) BY ROAD SSW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 792, 0.9 KM (0.55 MI) WEST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 789.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
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) -78.82112, 38.63476
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se Trend)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Linville Creek Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pod

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIA MAY BE TRACED ABOUT 30 M N 70 DEG. E ACROSS LOCAL STRIKE. LIGHT YELLOW SPHALERITE OCCURS IN VEIN DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shenandoah Valley/Timberville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Howard Showalter

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT EVIDENT IN 1968.

Comments on development

  • SMALL PROSPECT PIT INDICATES LIMITED EXPLORATION PRIOR TO 1968.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRENT, W.B., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 76, 174 P.

  • Deposit

    SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION IN 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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