Mine detail: Minnick Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.63115, -78.69417

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1913

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se Trend), Probable Extension Of Short Mtn. Syncline (To Ne); Mayland Anticline To Nw.
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	W031323
DEP	10080219
Reference	{Deposit:: BRENT, W.B., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 76}{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SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.}{Deposit:: 1913 DIREXPL NEW JERSEY ZINC CO.: DUG PROSPECT PITS AND DRILLED THREE CHURN DRILL HOLES; APPARENTLY NEGATIVE RESULTS}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)