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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