Mine detail: Turner Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.64948, -78.80195

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Beekmantown Formation
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Linville Creek Syncline
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW031327
DEP10080223
Reference{Deposit:: BRENT, W.B., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 76, 174 P.}{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 7, 167 P.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.