Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.9159, -80.83452 |
dep_id: | 10080247 |
mrds_id: | W031353 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Replacement |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Sphalerite |
gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) |
hrock_unit: | Shady Formation (Austinville (Saccaroidal) Member) |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Laswell Overthrust, Carter Ferry Fault |
tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
References: |
- Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P
- Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL DEPOSIT PROSPECTED.
- Deposit:: 1975 OTHER R.B. NEUMAN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B.
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