Mine detail: Scott Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.77202, -81.47149

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Limestone
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Teas Fault; Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031348
DEP	10080241
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.