Mine detail: Norma Mine

Previously called 'Outburst Openings'

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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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