Mine detail: Martin Prospect

Previously called 'Cullop Property Prospect'

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.76675, -81.55816
dep_id: 10080240
mrds_id: W031346
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite, Limestone
work_type: Surface
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
conc_proc: Fracture Filling
ore_ctrl: Fractures In The Dolomite
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Anticline, Thrust Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1905
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 CO.-PROSPECTE
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