Mine detail: Langhorne and Wills Prospects

Previously called 'Bonys Run Prospects'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.15563, -80.24089

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED
Discovery year:	1900

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Rome
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Pulaski Thrust Fault, Poor Mountain Thrust, Christiansburg Fenster
Tectonic:	Midgeosylncine
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Zinc Sulfide

References

MRDS	VA01715
DEP	10067235
Reference	{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L. ,1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VIRGINIA, BULLETIN 1, 233P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, P.74.}
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