Mine detail: Manning and Squiers Pits Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.91674, -80.81647
dep_id: 10080258
mrds_id: W031366
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite
gangue: Dolomite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
alteration: Oxidation Of Primary Zinc Sulphides
conc_proc: Supergene Weathering
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum Of Dolomite
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Galena Synclinal Basin, Sayer School Fault, Hematite Mountain Overthrust
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
  • Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S. AND *NVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, 171 P.
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL MANNING AND SQUIERS ? - DUG PIT
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