Mine detail: Turner Prospect

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Location: Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.64948, -78.80195
dep_id: 10080223
mrds_id: W031327
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Sweet, Palmer C.
hrock_unit: Beekmantown Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Linville Creek Syncline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • 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.
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