Mine detail: Bennington Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.81675, -81.29982

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Ore: Sphalerite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1925

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Shady Dolomite
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Thrust Faulting Of Folded Strata
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW031340
DEP10080234
Reference{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.}
ReporterMeintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Lovett, James A.