Mine detail: Graham and Robinson Pits Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.91063, -80.80119
dep_id: 10067282
mrds_id: VA01773
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Smithsonite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR IN CLAY RESIDUUM AROUND PINNACLES
work_type: Surface
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration: Oxidation Of Sulfides
conc_proc: Residual Weathering, Supergene Enrichment
ore_ctrl: Residual Weathering
Reporter: As
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend Of Stack Of Imbricate Allocthons., Hematite Mountain Overthrust, Sayer School Fault.
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOL SURVEY BULL 43, 122 P
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