| Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.83868, -80.94092 |
| dep_id: | 10080262 |
| mrds_id: | W031370 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Iron |
| Minor mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Galena, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Chert, Dolomite, Fluorite, Limestone, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides |
| conc_proc: | Supergene Weathering |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum Around Limestone/Dolomite Pinnacles |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Galena Synclinal Basin, Austinville Anticline, Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Short Hill Overthrust, Ivanhoe Cross Fault |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1900 |
| 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:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, ZINC AND LEAD IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION COMMISSION, P. 520-548.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL SIMMERMAN ? - PROSPECTED BY DIGGING PIT
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