Mine detail: Valzinco Mine

Previously called 'Valzinco-Mineral District'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.17616, -77.7972

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1909

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1909

Geology

Host rock:Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:Schist
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline ; Reg.Trends: Northeast-Southwest, Local Faulting, With The Veins Localized Along The Fault Fissures. Foliation Of Country Rock Strikes N25 Deg E And Dips 60-70 Deg Se
Tectonic:Eugeosyncline (Piedmont)
Alteration processes:Low(?) Grade Metamorphism

References

MRDSW000448
DEP10067649
Reference{Deposit:: BROWN, W H, 1953, STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT, IN MCGRAIN, P (ED), PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN MINERAL SYMPOSIUM, 1950: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SERIES 9, SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1, P 88-111, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPRINT SERIES 16, 1954.}{Deposit:: GROSH, W.A., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF VALZINCO LEAD ZINC MINE, SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4403, 7 P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: POOLE, J.W., 1974, NOTES ON SOME ABANDONED COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC MINES IN THE PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA MINERALS, V.20, NO.2, P.10-16.}{Deposit:: MCKNIGHT, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: 1909 DIREXPL BERTHA MINERAL CO: FIRST DEVELOPMENT}1943 DIREXPL U S B M AND PANAMINAS, INC: DRILLED 9 EXPLORATORY HOLS}1955 OTHER NEW JERSEY ZINC CO: CONDUCTED GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS}{Production:: GROSCH (1949), POOLE (1974)}
ReporterWright, Nancy A. / Wedow, Helmuth, Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)