Mine detail: Zigler Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.67615, -78.78195

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Hemimorphite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1949

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Linville Creek Syncline(=Timberville Syncline Of Stephenson (1949, 1950); Dolostone Strikes N. 30-45 Deg. E. And Dips 24-30 Deg. Se.
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	W031329
DEP	10080225
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:: STEPHENSON, R.C., 1949, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE SHENANDOAH ZINC-LEAD PROSPECTS NEAR TIMBERVILLE, ROCKINGHAM CO., VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 41 P.}{Deposit:: STEPHENSON, R.C., 1950, SUPPLEMENTAL GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE SHENANDOAH ZINC-LEAD PROSPECTS NEAR TIMBERVILLE, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 21 P.}{Deposit:: 1949 GEOLMAP R.C. STEPHENSON: PREPARED GEOLOGIC REPORT.}{Deposit:: 1949 GEOPHYS F.W. LEE: RESISTIVITY SURVEY CONDUCTED.}{Deposit:: 1950 DIREXPL C. STEHLE: 2 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES SUNK.}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)