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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