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Bowers-Campbell Property

Prospect in Rockingham county in Virginia, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Cadmium, Cobalt, Copper, Gallium, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Nickel, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179722
MAS/MILS ID 0511650014
Record type Site
Current site name Bowers-Campbell Property
Alternate or previous names Shacklett Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -78.79443, 38.66084 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rockingham(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timberville(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gallium Critical Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -78.79443, 38.66084
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Mining district

District name Timberville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bowers-Campbell
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Tri-State Zinc Co
    Year 1976

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 800-806 ARE 1976 ENTRIES REC 010 SPHALERITE AND GALENA REPRESENT LARGE PORTION OF ORE LEAD AND ZINC UNKNOWN. ANALYSES OF TRACE ELEMENTS (700 PG 15 AGES 2.8% IRON, .025% LEAD, .00125% CADMIUM, .01% ARSENIC, A TRACES OF COBALT, NICKEL, GALLIUM, GERMANIUM, COPPER, AND AN REC 021 FROM 700 PG 28 REC 030 FROM 700 FIG 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Schmidt U.S. Bureau of Mines

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