Mine detail: Vetter Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.63143, -78.81667

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1955

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, Dolostone Strikes Ne, Bedding Plane Fault At 142.7 M Below Surface.
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	W031328
DEP	10080224
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)