Mine detail: Grove Hill Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53615, -78.6114

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Stanley Fault, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se), Anticline
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	W031313
DEP	10080210
Reference	{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., JR., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 81, 78 P.}{Deposit:: HERBERT, P., JR., AND YOUNG, R.S., 1956, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 70, 58 P.}{Deposit:: SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)