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Bushong Property Prospect

Occurrence in Shenandoah county in Virginia, United States with commodity Zinc
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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 10080230
MRDS ID W031335
Record type Site
Current site name Bushong Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.73612, 38.68532 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 3.6 KM (2.25 MI) SOUTHWEST OF FORESTVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shenandoah(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Market(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 Shenandoah

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 KM (0.5 MI) EAST ON STATE ROAD 728 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROAD 42, 130 M (426 FT) NORTH OF ROAD, NEAR THE CREST OF TIMBER RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) -78.73612, 38.68532
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Linville Creek Syncline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins In Dolomite Crackle Breccia

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 Bushong

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHING AND DRILLING TOOK PLACE.

Comments on development

  • TRENCHING AND DRILLING HAS BEEN DONE BY AN UNKNOWN COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENADOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL ? - DUG TRENCHE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPHALERITE OCCURS WITHIN CRACKLE BRECCIA. THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE PROSPECT WAS COVERED BY A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BRICK HOUSE IN 1987.
Deposit NOT MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Sweet, Palmer C. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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