Mine detail: Squiers Property Prospect

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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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