Location: | Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.63143, -78.81667 |
dep_id: | 10080224 |
mrds_id: | W031328 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc |
Minor mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Pyrite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Dolomite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
conc_proc: | Probable Hydrothermal (Telethermal) Emplacement Post-Faulting |
ore_ctrl: | Breccia Pod, Shear Zone |
Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.) |
hrock_unit: | Beekmantown Formation |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Linville Creek Syncline, Dolostone Strikes Ne, Bedding Plane Fault At 142.7 M Below Surface. |
tectonic: | Geosyncline |
disc_yr: | 1955 |
References: |
- Deposit:: BRENT, W.B., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 76, 174 P.
- 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:: DIREXPL SEVERAL DRILL HOLES SUNK IN EARLY 195*
- Production:: HERBERT AND YOUNG (1956)
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