Bowman Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080229
MRDS ID W031334
Record type Site
Current site name Bowman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.67751, 38.74865 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position 3.1 (1.9 MI) WEST OF MT. JACKSON.

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

  • 800 M (2600 FT) SW OF STATE ROAD 764, 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) BY ROAD SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 614.

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) -78.67751, 38.74865

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 Rinkerton Anticline, Saumsville Fault, Linville Creek Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 62 DEG E
    Dip 36 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pod

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPHALERITE SEEN IN FLOAT PIECES AS A REPLACEMENT OF DOLOMITE RHOMBS IN CARBONACEOUS JASPER MASSES. RINKERTON ANTICLINE (YOUNG AND RADER, 1974) REPRESENTS FLEXURES IN HANGING WALL OF SAUMSVILLE FAULT, WHICH TERMINATES TO SOUTHEAST IN LINVILLE CREEK SYNCLINE (BRENT, 1960).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Shenandoah Valley/Rinkerton

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Jersey Zinc Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bowman

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE EXPOSURE CONSISTS OF A FEW BLOCKS AROUND A SMALL PIT (HERBERT AND YOUNG, 1956). PIT NOT EVIDENT IN 1968 (SCHERFFIUS, 1969).

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

    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.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, R.S. AND RADER, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL NEW JERSEY ZINC CO: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING DURING EARLY 1950'S

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ZONE. NO PIT FOUND IN 1987; MINOR SPHALERITE SEEN IN FLOAT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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