| Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.77647, -81.45232 |
| dep_id: | 10080235 |
| mrds_id: | W031341 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Manganese |
| Trace mineral: | Quartz, Dolomite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Hemimorphite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Quartz, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Calcite |
| other_matl: | Dolomite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| conc_proc: | Manganese: Weathering Residual. |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zone |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Lovett, James A. |
| hrock_unit: | Shady Formation |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Valley And Ridge, Faulting, Anticline |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| disc_yr: | 1904 |
| discr: | Virginia Lead And Zinc Company |
| References: |
- 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.
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