Mine detail: Scott Prospect

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.77202, -81.47149
dep_id: 10080241
mrds_id: W031348
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Limestone
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.
hrock_unit: Shady Formation
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Teas Fault; Anticline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
disc_yr: 1904
discr: Virginia Lead And Zinc Company
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: WATSON, 1905, P. 109
  • Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.
  • Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
  • Deposit:: 1904 DIREXPL VIRGINIA LEAD AND ZINC CO.-PROSPECTED AREA
  • Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43
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