Mine detail: Mccarter Prospect

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.75647, -81.50538
dep_id: 10080238
mrds_id: W031344
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
conc_proc: Replacement, Fracture Filling
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Limestone Breccia
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Quebec Thrust Fault, Anticline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1906
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:: WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.
  • Deposit:: 1905 DIREXPL VIRGINIA LEAD AND ZINC COMPANY-PROSPECTED
  • Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.
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