Mine detail: Grove Hill Prospect

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Location: Page County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.53615, -78.6114
dep_id: 10080210
mrds_id: W031313
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
conc_proc: Probable Hydrothermal (Telethermal) Emplacement Post-Faulting.
ore_ctrl: Bedding Plane Fault, Shear Zone
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Beekmantown Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Stanley Fault, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se), Anticline
tectonic: Geosyncline
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • 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• Deposit:: SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
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