Wiseland Prospect

Occurrence in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodity Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080266
MRDS ID W031374
Record type Site
Current site name Wiseland Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.75084, 38.4756 (WGS84)
Elevation 448
Relative position 10.7 KM (6.65 MI) ENE OF HARRISONBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrisonburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(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)

Federal lands

George Washington National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Rockingham

Comments on the location information

  • 0.1 KM (0.05 MI) SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 722, 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) BY ROAD EAST OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 620. ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN PURCHASE BOUNDARY OF LEE DISTRICT, GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST.

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski-Staunton Fault, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se Trend), Massanutten Synclinorium.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL SPHALERITE CRYSTALS OCCUR IN UPPER BEEKMANTOWN RECRYSTALLINE DOLOSTONE IN HANGING WALL OF PULASKI-STAUNTON FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shenandoah Valley/Harrisonburg

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • NO PROSPECTING HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS LOCALITY.

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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