Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.79564, -81.09453 |
dep_id: | 10080147 |
mrds_id: | W031234 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Iron |
Minor mineral: | Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Hemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite |
gangue: | Ankerite, Calcite, Dolomite |
orebody_fm: | BLANKET TO IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Surface |
alteration: | Oxidation Of Pyrite To Limonite |
ore_ctrl: | Shear Zone |
Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |
hrock_unit: | Shady Dolomite;Erwin Quartzite |
hrock_type: | Limestone,Dolomite |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Duplex Structure, Poplar Camp Overthrust, Fry Hill Anticline Brush Creek Overthrust |
tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
yfp_ba: | < |
Year first produced: | 1886 |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1886 |
discr: | Norma Iron Company |
References: |
- Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: HOLDEN, R.J., (1907) P. 458.
- 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:: MCCREATH, A.S. AND *NVILLIERS, E.J., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, 171 P.
- Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL PULASKI IRON COMPANY-MINED IRON ORE
- Deposit:: DIREXPL CLINCH VALLEY COAL AND IRON COMPANY-MINED
- Deposit:: DIREXPL NORMA IRON COMPANY-MINED IRON ORE
- Production:: CURRIER, (1935)
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