Description
Virginia Lead And Zinc Company ?
Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures, Limestone Breccia
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueDolomite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Shady Dolomite
StructureNe-Sw Trending Valley And Ridge, Quebec Thrust Fault, Anticline
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10080238
MRDS IDW031344
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.75647, -81.50538
References
CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.1905 DIREXPL VIRGINIA LEAD AND ZINC COMPANY-PROSPECTED1935 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.