Mine detail: Jackson Ferry West Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.87813, -80.88924

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Formation (Patterson (Ribbon) Member)
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Austinville Synclinal Basin Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Hematite Mountain Overthrust
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031361
DEP	10080253
Reference	{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:: 1939 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV: ISSUED BULL. 72.}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)