Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.8834, -80.78313 |
dep_id: | 10080263 |
mrds_id: | W031371 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc |
Minor mineral: | Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Hemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Dolomite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
alteration: | Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides |
conc_proc: | Supergene Weathering |
ore_ctrl: | In Clay Residuum Around Dolomite/Limestone Pinnacles. |
Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
hrock_unit: | Residuum;Shady Dolomite |
hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Galena Synclinal Basin, Hematite Mountain Overthrust, Periwinkle Branch Overthrust; Fosters Falls Mountain Anticline |
tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
References: |
- CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P
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