Mine detail: Simmerman Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

36.83868, -80.94092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Iron
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chert, Dolomite, Fluorite, Limestone, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Shady Dolomite
Host 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
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides

References

MRDS	W031370
DEP	10080262
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:: 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}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)