Mine detail: Vetter Prospect

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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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