Mine detail: Barndollar Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.84535, -80.93592
dep_id: 10080245
mrds_id: W031351
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Dolomite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
conc_proc: Epigenetic Telethermal Solutions.
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
hrock_unit: Shady Formation, Ribbon (Patterson) Member
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Austinville Synclinal Basin, Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Anticline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
  • Deposit:: STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.
  • Deposit:: 1930 DIREXPL TWO SHAFTS SUNK.
  • Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.
  • Deposit:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 72.
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