Mine detail: Graham and Robinson Pits Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 36.91063, -80.80119

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Smithsonite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR IN CLAY RESIDUUM AROUND PINNACLES

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Shady Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend Of Stack Of Imbricate Allocthons., Hematite Mountain Overthrust, Sayer School Fault.
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Oxidation Of Sulfides

References

MRDSVA01773
DEP10067282
ReferenceCURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOL SURVEY BULL 43, 122 P
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