Mine detail: Timberville Mine

Previously called 'Weatherholtz Property Mine'

Location:	Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.68837, -78.7364
dep_id:	10072331
mrds_id:	W017362
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Barite, Dolomite, Greenockite, Gypsum, Pyrite
work_type:	Surface
model:	228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
conc_proc:	Probable Hydrothermal (Telethermal) Emplacement Post-Faulting.
ore_ctrl:	Breccia Pod, Shear Zone
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Weeks, Robert
hrock_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
Year first produced:	1949
discr:	Thomas M. Wise
References:	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)