| Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.79869, -81.09564 |
| dep_id: | 10080257 |
| mrds_id: | W031365 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Minor mineral: | Zinc |
| Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Hemimorphite, Limonite, Smithsonite |
| gangue: | Gypsum |
| other_matl: | Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | BLANKET TO IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides Pyrite To Fe Oxides, Sphalerite. |
| conc_proc: | Residual Weathering Of Originally Stratabound Mineralization To Hemimorphite, Smithsonite. |
| ore_ctrl: | Warm Metal Rich Brines, Temperature Controlled, Remobilizaiton Controlled By Later Fracturing And Residual Weathering Last Process. |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |
| hrock_unit: | Shady Dolomite;Erwin Quartzite |
| hrock_type: | Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Stacked Allocthons In Imbricate And Duplex Systems., Brush Creek Overthrust, Fry Hill Anticline, Poplar Camp Overthrust |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| yfp_ba: | < |
| Year first produced: | 1885 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1885 |
| discr: | Crockett, Oglesby, & Company. |
| References: |
- 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).
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