Commodities
PrimaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBedding Plane Fault, Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueDolomite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Beekmantown Formation
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Massanutten Synclinorium, Stanley Fault, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se), Anticline
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10080210
MRDS IDW031313
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.53615, -78.6114
References
ALLEN, R.M., JR., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAGE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 81, 78 P.HERBERT, P., JR., AND YOUNG, R.S., 1956, SULFIDE MINERALIZATION IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 70, 58 P.SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.