Mine detail: Cove Branch Prospect

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

36.81507, -81.04564

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Ore:	Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Discovery year:	1888

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Shady Formation (Austinville (Saccaroidal) Member);Shady Formation (Ribbon (Patterson) Member)
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Gleaves Knob Overthrust, Fenster, Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031355
DEP	10096557
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.)