Mine detail: Cove Branch Prospect

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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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