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Showalter Prospect

Occurrence in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities 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 10080221
MRDS ID W031325
Record type Site
Current site name Showalter Prospect
Alternate or previous names Snapp Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.93168, 38.52032 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 3.95 KM (2.45 MI) SSW 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)

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

  • JUST NW OF STATE ROAD 752, 1.6 KM (1.0 MI) BY ROAD NE OF JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 763.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Dolomite 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 > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.93168, 38.52032
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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

  • Breccia Zone (?), Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS DEPOSIT OCCURS IN LOWERMOST BEEKMANTOWN. UPPER HORIZONS OF BEEKMANTOWN ALONG THIS BELT CONTAIN BOWERS-CAMPBELL MINE, ARMENTROUT PROSPECT AND VETTER PROSPECT TO THE NORTHEAST. AN OLIVINE DIABASE DIKE IS MAPPED BY BRENT (1960) ABOUT 3.2 KM TO THE NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Year of first production 1862

Mining district

District name Shenandoah Valley/Edom

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Max Showalter

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT EVIDENT IN 1981.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT WAS WORKED DURING THE CIVIL WAR FOR LEAD.

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.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL PROSPECT PIT DUG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RELATIONSHIP OF SULFIDE TO BRECCIA UNKNOWN. VEINS SEVERAL INCHES THICK.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S

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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