Mine detail: James Prospect

Location:	Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.81675, -81.26649
dep_id:	10080255
mrds_id:	W031363
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Sphalerite
model:	228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Reporter:	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski Fault, Holston Mountain Fault
tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
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 OTHER R.B. NEUMAN: COMPILED MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.