Mine detail: Mount Ephraim Church Prospect

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Location: Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.87201, -81.17092
dep_id: 10080259
mrds_id: W031367
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
model: 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
ore_ctrl: Brecciation
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.
hrock_unit: Shady Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trends, Faulting, Lick Mountain Anticlinorium, Sand 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:: DIREXPL ? - DUG 2 PIT
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