Mine detail: Davis Prospect

Previously called 'Newland Farm Lead Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.81036, -81.27538

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Iron, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Pulaski Fault, Holston Mountain Fault; Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031356
DEP	10080249
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:: 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.), Lovett, James A. (Good, Richard S.)