Mine detail: Price Property Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.8334, -80.96648

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Dolomite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1874

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1874

Geology

Host rock:	Residuum;Shady Dolomite
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trends, Galena Synclinal Basin, Austinville Anticline, Ivanhoe Cross Fault, Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Pierce Mill Overthrust
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides

References

MRDS	W031368
DEP	10080260
Reference	{Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.}{Deposit:: 1874 DIREXPL ? - MINED ZINC OR}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)