Mine detail: Zirkle Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.70004, -78.72751

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite, Greenockite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, LINEAR
Discovery year:	1950

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Little North Mountain Fault, Linville Creek Syncline, Mayland Anticline, Dolostone Strikes Ne And Dips 60-65 Deg. Nw, One Small Flexure (Cross-Fracture).
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	W031339
DEP	10080233
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:: BRENT, W.B., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 76, 174 P.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL PROSPECTED BY SEVERAL BLAST HOLES DURING EARLY * *}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)