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Bowers-Campbell Mine

Producer in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Dolomite, Limestone, General, Lead, 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111261
MRDS ID W031321
Record type Site
Current site name Bowers-Campbell Mine
Alternate or previous names Shacklett Mine, Bowers-Garber Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.79473, 38.66087 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Relative position 2.95 KM (1.8 MI) NW 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

  • ENTRANCE TO MINE ON SW SIDE OF STATE ROAD 881, 3.1 KM (1.9 MI) BY ROAD NW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE HWY. 42 IN TIMBERVILLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Dolomite Primary
Limestone, General Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE OPERATED INITIALLY AS ZINC MINE. AFTER TERMINATION OF ZINC-MINING OPERATIONS, TAILINGS USED FOR AGSTONE. TAILINGS NOW USED FOR LIME.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limestone Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Greenockite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE: 3% ZN
Result CONCENTRATE: ABOUT 61% ZN (BRENT, 1960)
Result DOLOSTONE: (ANALYSIS OF BEEKMANTOWN NEAR MT. CRAWFORD (38 KM SE)): 53% CACO3, 40% MGCO3 (EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1945, INDUSTRIAL LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES IN VIRGINIA: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF SHENANDOAH VALLEY: VIRGINIA GEOL. SURV. BULL. 65, P. 100.

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.79473, 38.66087
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Linville Creek Syncline, Bedding Thrust Faulting (Offset = 30 M). Dolostone Strikes N34 Deg. E And Dips 27 Deg. Se.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENS
    Strike N 34 DEG E
    Dip ALMOST VERTICAL
    Plunge direction SOUTH
    Length 300M
    Width 60M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 240M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • AEROMAGNETIC AND GRAVITY STUDIES OF REGION SUGGEST EXISTENCE OF MAJOR ANTICLINAL CROSS-FOLD IN NW-SE DIRECTION. FOR MINERAL PARAGENESIS SEE HERBERT AND YOUNG (1956).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Shenandoah Valley/Timberville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Timberville Lime Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ZINC PRODUCED IN ALL YEARS (1957-1963) HOWEVER, ONLY FOR ONE MONTH IN 1958 AND SEVEN MONTHS IN 1963. DOLOSTONE PRODUCTION INCLUDES MINOR INTERMIXED LIMESTONE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1318M
    Overall depth 144M

Comments on the workings information

  • ZINC MINING OPERATIONS WERE UNDERGROUND USING A SPIRAL SHAFT WHICH IS FULL OF WATER AND THE OPENING OF WHICH WAS BLASTED SHUT. THE AGSTONE OPERATION IS ON THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF WORK WAS PERFORMED BETWEEN 1894 AND 1900 ON SHACKLETT PROPERTY. IN 1949, CARL STEHLE OF NEW YORK BECAME INTERESTED IN PROPERTY AND HAD REGISTIVITY SURVEY RUN BY F.W. LEE. DURING THIS PERIOD. IN 1950 TRI-STATE ZINC CO. CONDUCTED DIAMOND-DRILLING PROGRAM ANDBEGAN MINING IN 1957. IN 1963, ZINC MINING OPERATIONS WERE ABANDONED. IN 1963, FRED K. BETTS, III, QUARRY OPERATED AT SITE SELLING TAILINGS FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME, CLOSING OPERATIONS IN 1964. TIMBERVILLE LIME CO. BEGAN A SIMILAR OPERATION IN 1965 AND IS PRESENTLY OPERATING. ; MILL.CAP: 204. ; ECON.YEAR: 1960 ; ECON.COM: CAPACITY WAS FOR ZN MINING. TOTAL MINING & MILLING COSTS (1960): $1.704 PER TON.

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

    HAYES, L.G., 1960, THE BOWER'S CAMPBELL MINE - TRI-STATES BOOT-SHAPED ZINC DEPOSIT: MINING ENGINEERING - AIME, VOL. 12, NO. 9, P. 997-1000.NGINEERS REPRINT NO. 60AU77, 9 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

    LAURENCE, R.A., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, IN RIDGE, J.D. (ED.), ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, VOL. 1: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 155-168.

  • Deposit

    POOLE, J.L., 1972, BOWERS-CAMPBELL MINE: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERALS REPORT, UNPUBLISHED SITE INSPECTION REPORT.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON, R.C., 1949, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE SHENANDOAH ZINC-LEAD PROSPECTS NEAR TIMBERVILLE, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON, R.C., 1950, SUPPLEMENTAL GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE SHENANDOAH ZINC-LEAD PROSPECTS NEAR TIMBERVILLE, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    GOOD, R.S., AND ALLEN, G.C., 1972, GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE FOR ZINC, LEAD, AND COPPER IN THE STAUNTON QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 31, 47 P.

  • Deposit

    1894 DIREXPL INITIAL PROSPECTING OF AREA.

  • Deposit

    1949 DIREXPL C. STEHLE: RENEWED EXPLORATION & ZN-MINING.

  • Deposit

    1963 OTHER TIMBERVILLE LIME CO: TERMINATION OF MINING AND COMMENCEMENT OF AGSTONE OPERATION.

  • Production

    BRENT (1960)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT DATA IS FOR SULFIDE DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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

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