| Location: | Wythe County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.87368, -80.77758 |
| dep_id: | 10106180 |
| mrds_id: | W031236 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc, Iron |
| Minor mineral: | Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Hemimorphite, Limonite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | BLANKET, FOLLOWS FRACTURES |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Primary Sulphides |
| conc_proc: | Supergene Weathering |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |
| hrock_unit: | Shady Dolomite |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Galena Synclinal Basin, Anticline, Periwinkle Branch Overthrust, Hematite Mountain Overthrust, Poplar Camp Overthrust |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| yfp_ba: | < |
| Year first produced: | 1880 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1885 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1880 |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: MCCREATH AND *NVILLIERS (1887).
- Deposit:: BOYD, C.R., 1881, RESOURCES OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY AND SONS, 321 P.
- Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.
- Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., AND *NVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA HARRISBURG, 171 P.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ? -SHAFT SUNK
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ?-PITS DUG, IRON ORE MINED
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