| Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.82813, -81.28288 |
| dep_id: | 10080248 |
| mrds_id: | W031354 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Hemimorphite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR, LENSE |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Zinc Sulfides. |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zone |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Good, Richard S. |
| hrock_unit: | Shady Formation |
| hrock_type: | Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski Thrust Fault, Holston Mountain Fault, Thrust Faulting Of Folded Strata, Anticline, Transuerse Fault |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| Year first produced: | 1895 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1907 |
| disc_yr: | 1895 |
| discr: | Bertha Mineral Company |
| References: |
- 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.
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