| Deposit ID | 10080203 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031304 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonsack Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Bonsacks Prospect, Bonsack Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.86283, 37.33062 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 311 |
| Relative position | 0.36 MI NNE OF BONSACK RR CROSSING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Botetourt(county)
Virginia(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stewartsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Roanoke(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Roanoke(hydrologic unit)
Roanoke(hydrologic accounting unit)
Chowan-Roanoke(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Virginia | Botetourt |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Result | EIGHT CARLOADS TAKEN IN 1880'S FROM SHAFT TO 35 FEET |
|---|---|
| Result | 5 CARS ANALYSED 40.1% ZN AND 3 CARLOADS 36% ZN |
| Result | IN 1888 11,878 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED FROM BONSACK (AV ASSAY NOT KNOWN). |
| Model code | 228 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 32b |
| Deposit model name | Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| Mark3 model number | 42 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Rome Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Rome Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -79.86283, 37.33062 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Sw Trend, Max Meadows Fault, Fries (Blue Ridge) Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR AND LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 DEG. E |
| Dip | 55-65 DEG SE |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 27.43M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1887 |
| Discoverer | David H. Plaine And John Bartlett |
| Year of first production | 1888 |
| Year of last production | 1895 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Washington Zinc Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Walter L. Sutor |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031304 |
CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.
WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.
WOODWARD, H.P., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ROANOKE AREA, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 34, 172 P.
KAGEY, D.D., 1983, COMMUNITY AT THE CROSSROADS, A STUDY OF THE VILLAGE OF BONSACK OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY, PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, P. 120-121.
ROANOKE TIMES AND WORLD NEWS, NOVEMBER 13, 1958: RAYMOND P. BARNES, "RICH ZINC MINE ONCE MADE BONSACK BIG FREIGHT CENTER."
SUTOR, WALTER L., 1987, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, GLADE CREEK ROAD, BONSACK (RECORDS OF TRANSFER OFMINERAL RIGHTS, DEEDS).
KEMP, J.F., 1903 ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 5TH ED., NEW YORK, P. 249.
BARTHALOMEW, MERVIN J., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE ROANOKE AND STEWARDSVILLE QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NO. 34, 23 P.
DIREXPL PROSPECT SHAFT SUNK
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S |
| Deposit | WATSON (1907) NOTED THIS DEPOSIT ONLY AS A PROSPECT WITH A SINGLE SHAFT "LESS THAN 50 FEET" (P. 530). THIS ACCOUNT IS AT VARIANCE WITH KEMP (1903) WHO SAYS "...THE MINE YIELDED RICH EARTHY OXIDIZED ORES, WHICH, HOWEVER, PASSED IN DEPTH TO A VERY INTIMATE AND REBELLIOUS MIXTURE OF ZINC BLENDE AND PYRITE." BARNES (1958) AND KAGEY (1983) ARE SECONDARY, NON-TECHNICAL ACCOUNTS DRAWING FROM OTHER SOURCES BUT INDICATE CONSIDERABLY MORE DEVELOPMENT THAN WATSON REPORTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1987 | Good, Richard S. | Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
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