Mine detail: Bowman Prospect

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Location:	Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.74865, -78.67751
dep_id:	10080229
mrds_id:	W031334
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Minor mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Dolomite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
model:	228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
conc_proc:	Probable Hydrothermal (Telethermal) Emplacement Post-Faulting.
ore_ctrl:	Breccia Pod
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_unit:	Beekmantown Formation
hrock_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
disc_yr:	1950
References:	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Deposit:: SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.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*