Mine detail: Cedar Springs Zinc Mine

Previously called 'Cedar Springs Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.82813, -81.28288

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Galena, Hemimorphite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, LENSE
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1907

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski Thrust Fault, Holston Mountain Fault, Thrust Faulting Of Folded Strata, Anticline, Transuerse Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Zinc Sulfides.

References

MRDS	W031354
DEP	10080248
Reference	{Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.}{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, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.}{Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.}{Deposit:: 1972 GEOLMAP R.B. NEUMAN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Good, Richard S.