Mine detail: Little Wythe Mine

Previously called 'Yellow Ore Bank'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.79869, -81.09564

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Hemimorphite, Limonite, Smithsonite
Gangue:	Gypsum
Orebody form:	BLANKET TO IRREGULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Dolomite;Erwin Quartzite
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Stacked Allocthons In Imbricate And Duplex Systems., Brush Creek Overthrust, Fry Hill Anticline, Poplar Camp Overthrust
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides Pyrite To Fe Oxides, Sphalerite.

References

MRDS	W031365
DEP	10080257
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: (1) HOLDEN, R.J., (1907). P. 458; (2) MCCREATH AND *NVILLIER (1887). P. 118}{Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.}{Deposit:: HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON, IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., P. 402-491.}{Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., AND *NVILLIER, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, 171 P.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL CROCKETT, OGLESBY, & COMPANY-MINED IRON ORE}{Deposit:: DIREXPL VIRGINIA IRON, COAL, AND COKE CO.-MINED}{Production:: CURRIER (1935).}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.