Mine detail: Graham and Robinson Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.93785, -80.72924

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885

Geology

Host rock:Shady Formation
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Hiwassee (Laswell) Fault, Holston Mountain Fault, Transverse Fault
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW031317
DEP10080214
Reference{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:: ESPENSHADE, G.H. AND OTHERS, 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-B, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.}{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:: 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:: MCCREATH AND *NVILLIERS (1887, P. 24)}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)