Mine detail: Tusing Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.73643, -78.73001

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Dolomite, Fluorite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

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, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se Trend), Saumsville Fault
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSW031338
DEP10080231
Reference{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:: SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.}{Deposit:: YOUNG, R.S. AND RADER, E.K., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE WOODSTOCK, WOLF GAP, CONICVILLE, AND EDINBURG QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 35, 69 P.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)