Mine detail: Marva Prospect

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Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.16005, -77.80053
dep_id: 10067651
mrds_id: W000450
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
conc_proc: From Volcanic Exhalations (?).
ore_ctrl: Quartz Veins
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Schist
arock_type: Diabase,Peridotite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
tectonic: Piedmont
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1920
References:
  • Deposit:: CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63 360.
  • 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:: DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTE
  • Production:: LUTTRELL (1966)
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