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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