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Smith Property Prospect

Occurrence in Rockingham 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080222
MRDS ID W031326
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Property Prospect
Alternate or previous names Red Barrel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.75056, 38.67532 (WGS84)
Elevation 363
Relative position (2.6 MI) NORTH 30 DEG EAST OF THE CENTER 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

  • 0.4 KM (0.25 MI) NORTH ON STATE ROUTE 42 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 615, 80 M (262 FT) EAST OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Limestone Gangue
Quartz 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 > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.75056, 38.67532
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Harrisonburg Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Linville Creek Syncline, Mayland Anticline

Ore body information

  • Dip 65 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT WAS DUG

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS EXTENSIVELY PROSPECTED BY AN OPEN CUT, BUT HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE AROUND 1966-1967.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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