Mine detail: Cedar Bluff Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

37.0834, -81.74983

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Nolichucky Formation (Lower Shale Member);Honaker Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, St. Clair Fault, Stone Mountain Fault, Pine Mountain-Richlands Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031350
DEP	10080243
Reference	{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, M.R., 1897, TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA-WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., FOLIO 44.}{Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.}{Deposit:: MILICI, R.C., SPIKER, C.T., JR., AND WILSON, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: 1897 GEOLMAP M.R. CAMPBELL: U.S.G.S. GEOL. ATLAS NO. 44.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY PROSPECTED.}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)