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Armstrong-Kiser Prospect

Occurrence in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080217
MRDS ID W031320
Record type Site
Current site name Armstrong-Kiser Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.8803, 38.56365 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Relative position 3.3 KM (2.05 MI) ENE OF SINGERS GLEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Singers Glen(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

  • 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) WEST OF END OF FARM ROAD, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) BY ROAD SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 753, 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) SE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 785. ADDITIONAL LOCALITY JUST NORTH OF FARM ROAD 0.5 KM (0.3 MI) SW OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 753 (UTM N 4270260., E 685020.)

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) -78.8803, 38.56365
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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 Linville Creek Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone, Breccia Pod

Comments on the geologic information

  • DARK SPHALERITE OCCURS NEAR BASE OF FRACTURE AND LIGHT SPHALERITE OCCURS NEAR THE TOP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shenandoah Valley/Edom

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • NO DETAILED PROSPECTING CONDUCTED.

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

    SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION IN 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

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