Mine detail: Carter Ferry Prospect

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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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