Mine detail: Mccarter West Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.7598, -81.53315

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Dolomite
Ore:	Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1935

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 Fault An Eighth Of A Mile North Of This Occurrence; Thrust Fault Just To South.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031345
DEP	10080239
Reference	CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.