Mine detail: Porter Iron Pits Mine

Previously called 'Porter Ore Bank Mine'

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.8048, -81.11453
dep_id: 10080148
mrds_id: W031235
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Smithsonite
gangue: Dolomite, Limestone, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration: Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend., Fry Hill Anticline, Popular Camp Overthrust, Syncline;
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1885
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: MCCREATH AND *NVILLIERS (1887).
  • Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., AND *NVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 171 P.
  • Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL ? DUG AND MINED PITS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS.
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL CLINCH VALLEY COAL AND IRON CO.-DEVELOPED FURTHER ?
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