Commodities
PrimaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model228: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsSphalerite
GangueDolomite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Beekmantown Formation
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Pulaski-Staunton Fault, Anticlinal Cross-Warp (Nw-Se Trend), Massanutten Synclinorium.
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10080266
MRDS IDW031374
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.4756, -78.75084
References
BRENT, W.B., 1960, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 76, 174 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70, 58 P.SCHERFFIUS, W.E., 1969, ZINC-LEAD-FLUORITE MINERALIZATION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, NORTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.