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Mole Hill Prospects

Occurrence in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080220
MRDS ID W031324
Record type Site
Current site name Mole Hill Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.95613, 38.45532 (WGS84)
Elevation 464
Relative position 6.4 KM (4.0 MI) DUE WEST OF HARRISONBURG'S CITY LIMITS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgewater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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

  • 1.2 KM (0.75 MI) DUE WEST OF DALE ENTERPRISE. 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) SOUTHEAST OF HINTON. 0.7 KM (0.45 MI) SOUTHWEST ON STATE ROAD 734 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 33, 100 M (328 FT) NORTH OF ROAD IS THE ULRICH PROPERTY. THE WENGER PROPERTY IS 0.64 KM (0.4 MI) NORTHEAST OF ULRICH PROPERTY, ABOUT 40 M DOWNSTREAM FROM A FARM POND. THE KNICELY PROPERTY IS 470 M (1542 FT) SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST OF THE ULRICH PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF MOLE HILL, ABOUT 120 M (394 FT) WEST OF A JEEP TRAIL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA WAS REPORTED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE PITS TO THE EAST OF MOLE HILL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Limestone Gangue
Quartz 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 > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Middle Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Middle Beekmantown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.95613, 38.45532
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Harrisonburg Syncline, Olivine Basalt Plug Of Mole Hill

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Within Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOLE HILL IS AN OLIVINE BASALT PLUG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ulrich, Wenger, And Knicely

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS WERE DUG.

Comments on development

  • LOCATIONS OF OCCURRENCES ON THE THREE PROPERTIES ARE ALONG GULLIES. SEVERALS PITS WERE DUG ON THE EAST SIDE OF MOLE HILL. SPHALERITE WAS FOUND, AND GALENA WAS REPORTED FOUND IN THE PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPHALERITE IS FOUND IN VEINS IN A DOLOMITE BRECCIA.
Deposit INCLUDES WENGER ULRICH, KNICELY PROPERTIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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