Mine detail: Davis Prospect

Previously called 'Newland Farm Lead Mine'

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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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