Mine detail: Mole Hill Prospects

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Location: Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.45532, -78.95613
dep_id: 10080220
mrds_id: W031324
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite, Limestone, Quartz
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
ore_ctrl: Veins Within Breccia
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Middle Beekmantown Formation
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Harrisonburg Syncline, Olivine Basalt Plug Of Mole Hill
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
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