Mine detail: Porter Bank Mine

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.76675, -81.36454
dep_id: 10080146
mrds_id: W031233
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Manganese, Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Anticline, Thrust Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1876
discr: Lobdell Carwheel Company
References:
  • Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
  • Deposit:: HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON, IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., P. 402-491.
  • Deposit:: 1876 DIREXPL LOBDELL CARWHEEL CO.-IRON PRODUCTIO
  • Production:: HOLDEN (1907);
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