Mine detail: Alleghany Springs Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

37.10007, -80.24978

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite
Discovery year:	1885

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Rome Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Fries Fault, Christiansburg Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031307
DEP	10080206
Reference	{Deposit:: DIETRICH, R.V., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE PILOT MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: BULLETIN OF THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION SERIES NO. 91, V. 47, NO. 4, 32 P.}{Deposit:: FONTAINE, W.M., 1883-84, NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FLOYD, VA., PLATEAU: THE VIRGINIAS, V. 4, P. 167, 178-180, 185-192; V. 5, P. 8-12.}{Deposit:: 1953 GEOLMAP VA. ENG. EXPT. STAT.: MAPPED AREA}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)