Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.81036, -81.27538 |
dep_id: | 10080249 |
mrds_id: | W031356 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc, Iron, Lead |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Surface |
model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
conc_proc: | Fracture Filling |
ore_ctrl: | Fractures In The Dolomite |
Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Lovett, James A. (Good, Richard S.) |
hrock_unit: | Shady Dolomite |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Pulaski Fault, Holston Mountain Fault; Ne-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Anticline |
tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
disc_yr: | 1925 |
discr: | Unknown |
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:: 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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