Mine detail: Rye Valley Mining Company Mine

Previously called 'Sugar MineSugar Grove MineChamberlain Mine'

Location:	Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.77897, -81.42204
dep_id:	10080242
mrds_id:	W031347
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Dolomite, Gold, Calcium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
other_matl:	Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
ore_ctrl:	Ore Is Concentrated In Fractures Of Brecciated Area Within Dolomite (Shear Zone)
Reporter:	Lovett, James A., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit:	Shady Dolomite
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Mine Located In Minor Thrust Faulted Area, Major Thrust Fault Nearby, Major Thrust Fault About 0.8 Km South Of Mine
tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Year first produced:	1897
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1897
discr:	Rye Valley Mining Company
References:	Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P. Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1908, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., PART I, P. 680. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION COMMISSION, 618 P. Deposit:: MCCASKEY, H.D., 1907, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE EASTERN STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PART I, P. 570. Deposit:: BALL AND THOMPSON, 1916, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 102 P. 735-737. Deposit:: 1907 DIREXPL CHAMBERLAIN MINERAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION LEAD Deposit:: DIREXPL RYE VALLEY COMPANY, PRODUCTION OF LEAD, ZINC Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43. Production:: CURRIER (1935)