Mine detail: Troutville Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.43339, -79.86644

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Galena, Hemimorphite
Gangue: Dolomite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Elbrook Formation;Rome Formation
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski Fault
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Zinc Minerals Oxidized.

References

MRDSW031305
DEP10080204
Reference{Deposit:: CHEN, PING-FAN, 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOOSE CREEK AREA NEAR ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.}{Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA WITH EXPLANATORY TEXT: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}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.