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Bowman Mine

Past Producer in Scott county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080227
MRDS ID W031332
Record type Site
Current site name Bowman Mine
Alternate or previous names Bowman-Graves Mine, Arcadia Mine, Graves Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.45846, 36.59758 (WGS84)
Elevation 466
Relative position 3.4 KM (2.1 MI) NE OF BLOOMINGDALE, TENN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bristol(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Johnson City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Holston(hydrologic unit)

French Broad-Holston(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Scott

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 704, 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 693. OLD BOWMAN SHAFT LOCATED 500 M ESE AT UTM N 4050810., E 370150.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite 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 > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Copper Ridge Dolostone;Honaker Formation (Upper Limestone Member)
    Rock description Copper Ridge Dolostone;Honaker Formation (Upper Limestone Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.45846, 36.59758
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Saltville Fault , Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Reverse Strike Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 77 DEG. W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HONAKER FORMATION IS REPRESENTED BY A COMPACT DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE AND MAY BE THE NOLICHUCKY FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Arcadia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Steel Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Ruben Browder/Robt. Shively

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ZN ORE PRODUCED IN 1964 WAS NEVER SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 82.9M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS HAVE BEEN SUNK BY THE VARIOUS DEVELOPERS (18.3, 26.5, AND 38.1 M). IN ADDITION SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES HAVE BEEN DUG.

Comments on development

  • AROUND 1900 LIMITED PROSPECTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AROUND THE WESTERN OPENING. IN 1905, A MR. GRAVES DEVELOPED THE WESTERN END INCLUDING SINKING A 26.5 M SHAFT, BUT PRODUCED NO ORE. MR. FRANK BOWMAN BEGAN WORKING THE EAST END OF THE DEPOSIT IN 1906 AND WORKED AT INTERVALS UNTIL 1917, INCLUDING A 38.1 M SHAFT. IN 1918, HE ERECTED A SMALL MILL AND PRODUCED 25 T OF ZINC CONCENTRATE. IN 1942-1943, THE AREA WAS SURVEYED BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. IN 1964, THE AMERICAN STEEL CO. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, BEGAN MINING OPERATIONS, BUT CLOSED DOWN PRIOR TO SHIPMENT OF ANY ORE DUE TO LAND LITIGATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    BEHRE, C.H., JR., AND RODGERS, J., 1943, BOWMAN-GRAVES (ARCADIA) ZINC PROJECT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FIELD REPORT, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    GLADSTONE, I., NELSON, V.E., AND KENT, D.F., 1945, THE ARCADIA ZINC AREA, SCOTT COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    SECRIST, M.H., 1924, ZINC DEPOSITS OF EAST TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 31, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    1905 DIREXPL MR. GRAVES: DEVELOPED WESTERN END.

  • Deposit

    1906 DIREXPL FRANK BOWMAN: BEGAN DEVELOPMENT OF EASTERN END.

  • Deposit

    1943 RECON C.H. BEHRE, JR., AND J. RODGER S: OPEN-FILE REPORT }1945 RECON I. GLADSTONE, V.E. NELSON, D.F. KENT: OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL AMERICAN STEEL CO: ATTEMPTED TO MINE.

  • Production

    SECRIST (1924), VA. DIV. MIN. RES. FILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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