| Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.90174, -80.81924 |
| dep_id: | 10080250 |
| mrds_id: | W031357 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Lead |
| Trace mineral: | Silver, Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Goethite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR, PINNACLE DOMINATED |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| alteration: | Sphalerite Oxidized To Hemimorphite, Minor Smithsonite, Dolomite. |
| conc_proc: | Supergene Weathering |
| ore_ctrl: | Hot Brines, Stratabound And Following Bracturing, Brecciation And Collapse. |
| Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Good, Richard S. |
| hrock_unit: | Shady Dolomite, Austinville (New Jersey Zinc)-Saccharoidal Member (Usgs) |
| hrock_type: | Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trending Multiple, Imbricate Thrust Faults, Galena Synclinal Basin, Holston Mountain Fault, Hematite Mountain Overthrust |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| Year first produced: | 1885 |
| disc_yr: | 1885 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
- Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., AND *NVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PA., HARRISBURG PUBLISHING CO., 171 P.
- Deposit:: DEWEY, F.P., 1882, NOTE ON THE FALLING CLIFF MINE: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, TRANSACTIONS, V. 10, P. 111-112.
- Deposit:: NEUMAN, R.B., 1975, MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-709-B.
- Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.
- Deposit:: 1975 OTHER R.B. NEUMAN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL MINED FOR OXIDIZED ZN ORE.
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