Mine detail: Squiers Property Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.8834, -80.78313

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Hemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Residuum;Shady Dolomite
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Galena Synclinal Basin, Hematite Mountain Overthrust, Periwinkle Branch Overthrust; Fosters Falls Mountain Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides

References

MRDS	W031371
DEP	10080263
Reference	CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)