Mine detail: Kinzer Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.71119, -81.14842

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1890

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Cranberry Gneiss
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW055390
DEP10082547
Reference{Deposit:: BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA; NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY AND SONE, 321P.}{Deposit:: SWEET, P.C. AND LOVETT, J.A., 1985, VDMR, VIRGINIA MINERALS, VOL.31, NO.4, P.41-52.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, D.W. AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS, MAP I-709-A.}{Deposit:: FRENCH, A.E., 1968, GEMSTONE, MINERAL AND FOSSIL COLLECTING IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 580, 492P.}
ReporterSweet, Palmer C.