Mine detail: Galena Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.87201, -80.90313
dep_id: 10080251
mrds_id: W031358
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Reporter: Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
hrock_unit: Shady Formation (Austinville (Saccaroidal) Member)
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Laswell Fault, Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Pierce Mill Overthrust, Hematite Mountain Overthrust, Thrust Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
  • Deposit:: STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.
  • Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: ISSUED BULL. 43
  • Deposit:: 1975 OTHER R.B. NEUMANN: ISSUED MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B
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