Mine detail: Bowman Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.74865, -78.67751

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Beekmantown Formation
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se Trend), Rinkerton Anticline, Saumsville Fault, Linville Creek Syncline
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSW031334
DEP10080229
Reference{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SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.}{Deposit:: YOUNG, R.S. AND RADER, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL NEW JERSEY ZINC CO: CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY DRILLING DURING EARLY 195*}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C.