Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.81507, -81.04564 |
dep_id: | 10096557 |
mrds_id: | W031355 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Sphalerite |
gangue: | Dolomite |
model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
Reporter: | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) |
hrock_unit: | Shady Formation (Austinville (Saccaroidal) Member);Shady Formation (Ribbon (Patterson) Member) |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Fenster, Anticline |
tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1888 |
References: |
- Deposit:: BOYD, C.R., 1888, MAP OF WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA (SHOWING GEOLOGY AND OCCURRENCES OF LEAD, ZINC, ETC.).
- Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
- Deposit:: STOSE, A.J., AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233 P.
- Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 4
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