Mine detail: Troutville Prospect

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Location: Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.43339, -79.86644
dep_id: 10080204
mrds_id: W031305
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Hemimorphite
gangue: Dolomite
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration: Zinc Minerals Oxidized.
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_unit: Elbrook Formation;Rome Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: CHEN, PING-FAN, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOOSE CREEK AREA NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.
  • Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA WITH EXPLANATORY TEXT: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42, 56 P.
  • Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
  • Deposit:: MILICI, R.C., SPIKER, C.T., JR., AND WILSON, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.
  • Deposit:: HENIKA, W.S., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE VILLAMONT AND MONTVALE QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 35, 18 P.
  • Deposit:: 1932 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 42
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