Mine detail: Bennington Prospect

Location:	Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.81675, -81.29982
dep_id:	10080234
mrds_id:	W031340
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface
model:	228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
conc_proc:	Fracture Filling
ore_ctrl:	Fractures In The Dolomite
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Lovett, James A.
hrock_unit:	Shady Dolomite
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Thrust Faulting Of Folded Strata
tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
disc_yr:	1925
discr:	Unknown
References:	Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P. Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000. Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43. Deposit:: 1972 GEOLMAP R.B. NEUMAN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.