Mine detail: Bowers-Campbell Mine

Previously called 'Shacklett MineBowers-Garber Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.66087, -78.79473

Resource(B)

Primary: Dolomite, Zinc
Secondary: Limestone, General
Tertiary: Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Galena, Limestone, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Greenockite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LENS
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1957

Geology

Host rock:Beekmantown Formation
Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Linville Creek Syncline, Bedding Thrust Faulting (Offset = 30 M). Dolostone Strikes N34 Deg. E And Dips 27 Deg. Se.
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW031321
DEP10111261
Reference{Deposit:: BRENT, W.B., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 76, 174 P.}{Deposit:: HAYES, L.G., 1960, THE BOWE* CAMPBELL MINE - TRI-STATES BOOT-SHAPED ZINC DEPOSIT: MINING ENGINEERING - AIME, VOL. 12, NO. 9, P. 997-1000.NGINEERS REPRINT NO. 60AU77, 9 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:: LAURENCE, R.A., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, IN RIDGE, J.D. (ED.), ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, VOL. 1: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 155-168.}{Deposit:: POOLE, J.L., 1972, BOWERS-CAMPBELL MINE: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERALS REPORT, UNPUBLISHED SITE INSPECTION REPORT.}{Deposit:: STEPHENSON, R.C., 1949, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE SHENANDOAH ZINC-LEAD PROSPECTS NEAR TIMBERVILLE, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT, 41 P.}{Deposit:: STEPHENSON, R.C., 1950, SUPPLEMENTAL GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE SHENANDOAH ZINC-LEAD PROSPECTS NEAR TIMBERVILLE, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.}{Deposit:: GOOD, R.S., AND ALLEN, G.C., 1972, GEOCHEMICAL RECONNAISSANCE FOR ZINC, LEAD, AND COPPER IN THE STAUNTON QUADRANGLE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 31, 47 P.}{Deposit:: 1894 DIREXPL INITIAL PROSPECTING OF AREA.}{Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL C. STEHLE: RENEWED EXPLORATION & ZN-MINING.}{Deposit:: 1963 OTHER TIMBERVILLE LIME CO: TERMINATION OF MINING AND COMMENCEMENT OF AGSTONE OPERATION.}{Production:: BRENT (1960)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.), Sweet, Palmer C.