Mine detail: Graham and Robinson Mine

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Location: Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.93785, -80.72924
dep_id: 10080214
mrds_id: W031317
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
hrock_unit: Shady Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Hiwassee (Laswell) Fault, Holston Mountain Fault, Transverse Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1885
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • 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)
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