Description
Crockett, Oglesby, & Company.
Commodities
PrimaryIron
SecondaryZinc
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlWarm Metal Rich Brines, Temperature Controlled, Remobilizaiton Controlled By Later Fracturing And Residual Weathering Last Process.
Materials
Ore mineralsHemimorphite, Limonite, Smithsonite
GangueGypsum
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Shady Dolomite;Erwin Quartzite
StructureStacked Allocthons In Imbricate And Duplex Systems., Brush Creek Overthrust, Fry Hill Anticline, Poplar Camp Overthrust
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
AlterationOxidation Of Primary Sulphides Pyrite To Fe Oxides, Sphalerite.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10080257
MRDS IDW031365
Alternate namesYellow Ore Bank
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.79869, -81.09564
References
SRC.REF: (1) HOLDEN, R.J., (1907). P. 458; (2) MCCREATH AND D'INVILLIER (1887). P. 118CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.HOLDEN, R.J., 1907, IRON, IN WATSON, T.L., MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., P. 402-491.MCCREATH, A.S., AND D'INVILLIER, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, 171 P.DIREXPL CROCKETT, OGLESBY, & COMPANY-MINED IRON OREDIREXPL VIRGINIA IRON, COAL, AND COKE CO.-MINEDCURRIER (1935).