Mine detail: Calhoun Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.77647, -81.45232

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Quartz, Dolomite
Ore:	Hemimorphite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Quartz, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Dolomite
Discovery year:	1904

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Formation
Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Valley And Ridge, Faulting, Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031341
DEP	10080235
Reference	{Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.}{Deposit:: MILLER, R.L., 1944, GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE GLADE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 61, 150 P.}{Deposit:: STOSE, G.W., MISER, H.D., KATZ, F.J., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1919, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE WEST FOOT OF THE BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 17, 166 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.}{Deposit:: 1904 DIREXPL VIRGINIA LEAD & ZINC CO.: PROSPECTED AREA.}{Deposit:: 191? DIREXPL PROPERTY PROSPECTED FOR MANGANESE.}{Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Lovett, James A.