Mine detail: Flannigan Mine

Previously called 'Flanagan Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.93424, -79.72366

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Host rock:Shady Formation;Rome
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Laswell Thrust Fault; Hiwassee Thrust Fault11, Delton Fault: Nnw Tranvesrs, West Side Up.
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW031315
DEP10080212
Reference{Deposit:: MCDOWELL, R.C., 1968, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF MACKS MOUNTAIN AREA, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERTATION, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY.}{Deposit:: BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY AND SONS, 321 P.}{Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.}{Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., AND *NVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PA., HARRISBURG PUBLISHING CO., 171 P.}{Deposit:: HOOVER, D., 1987, HOOVER COLOR CORPORATION, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 7, 167 P.}{Deposit:: 1933 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: ISSUED GEO. MAP OF VALLEY.}{Deposit:: 1975 OTHER R.B. NEUMAN: COMPILED MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B.}{Production:: BOYD, (1881, P. 40)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Good, Richard S.