Mine detail: Timberville Mine

Previously called 'Weatherholtz Property Mine'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 38.68837, -78.7364

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Ore: Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite, Dolomite, Greenockite, Gypsum, Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1949

Geology

Host type:Dolomite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Linville Creek Syncline, Mayland Anticline, Dolostone Strikes N.40 Deg.E. And Dips 70-80 Deg. Nw.
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSW017362
DEP10072331
Reference{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:: LAURANCE, R.A., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, V. 1: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 155-168.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: STEPHENSEN, R.C., 1949, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE SHENANDOAH ZINC-LEAD PROSPECTS NEAR TIMBERVILLE, ROCKINGHAM CO., VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 41 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, OPEN FILE REPORT 91.1618: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL TIMBERVILLE MINING CO.: DEVELOPED AND OPERATED MINE.}{Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL U.S.B.M.: SUNK 3 SHALLOW EXPLORATORY HOLES.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL THOMAS M. WISE: PROSPECTED PROPERTY IN EARLY 190*.}{Production:: HERBERT AND YOUNG (1956)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Weeks, Robert