| Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.8334, -80.96648 |
| dep_id: | 10080260 |
| mrds_id: | W031368 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc |
| Trace mineral: | Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Barite, Dolomite |
| orebody_fm: | LINEAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides |
| conc_proc: | Supergene Weathering |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Residuum;Shady Dolomite |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trends, Galena Synclinal Basin, Austinville Anticline, Ivanhoe Cross Fault, Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Pierce Mill Overthrust |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| Year first produced: | 1874 |
| disc_yr: | 1874 |
| References: |
- 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
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