Mine detail: Rye Valley Mining Company Mine

Previously called 'Sugar MineSugar Grove MineChamberlain Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.77897, -81.42204

Resource(B)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Dolomite, Gold, Calcium
Ore: Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Other material: Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1897

Geology

Host rock:Shady Dolomite
Host 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

References

MRDSW031347
DEP10080242
Reference{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)}
ReporterLovett, James A., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)