 | | Report (issue) | | d*/oPtcare rctun thic publistio to thc Virginia Geological Sunot whcn you havc ro further uc for...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA APR Z STATE COMMTSSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Geologitt Bulletin 43 Ztnc arrd Lead Region of Southwestern Virginia With e Section on thc Occurrencce....t4 No'lJ c3 UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1935 13st COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMTSSION ON CONSERVATION...DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin 43 Zinc and Lead Region of Southwestern |  | | Journal (issue) | | COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA D E P A R m OF MINES, MINERALS,AND ENERGY Richmond, Virginia Published quarterly...AND THE CIVIL WAR IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINW THE WYTHE COUNTY LEAD MINES Robert C. Whisonant Professor of...when New Jersey Zinc Company permanently shut down its lead and zinc works in southern Wythe County, Virginia...of a mining complex whose history is intricately intertwined with that of southwestern Virginia, particularly...iron, where she was a close second to Alabama. Virginia also had the most railroad track mileage of any |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IsotopicCompositionof Lead in the Austinville-Ivanhoe Pb-Zn District, Virginia NORA K. FOLEY,* A. KRISHNASINHA...Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University,Blacksburg, Virginia 24601 Abstract...Abstract Leadisotopicstudies fromthe Austinville-Ivanhoe districtof southwest Virginiademonstrate that galenasof...thoughtto haveno agesignificance. Introduction sphalerite,galena, and locally marcasiteand chalcopyritecrystallizedduring...first two. The final, of sphalerite,galena, Wythe Countyin southwestern Virginia (Fig. 1). The late-sta |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bertha Mineral Company(subsidiaryof New JerseyZinc Co.), at Austinville, Va.; the Universal Exploration Company...extensiveprospectinghas been undertakenin the JeffersonCity district. Considerablemining of oxidized ore bodies has...tectonicorigin. The conclusions, so far as the Virginia depositsare concerned,are drawn almost entirely...areal features, inasmuchas accessto the mine at Austinville,exceptto the inactivetop (adit) level, was...JeffersonCity. A numberof outlyingprospectsin both Virginia and Tennessee were alsovisited. This paperis the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Shenandoah Valley), Virginia; Mascot-JeffersonCity district, Tennessee;and Copper Ridge district, Tennessee....Ordovician carbonatesedimentaryhost, low-iron sphalerite, minor to insignificant galena and pyrite, pervasive...of the Appalachian orog•eny,they furnish dramatic new evidenceof the similarity between Mississippi Valley...Ordoviciancarbonatesedimentsas modified by the paleoaquiferin the mining districtsof East Tennesseeappear to be analogousto...subsequenterosion ica. The classicexamplesare Austinville-Ivanhoe, has removed such a large part of the evidencethat |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | arefoundlargely in twomajorpalcoaquifers in the region,the LowerCambrianShadyDolomiteandthe LowerOrdovician... twomajorpalcoaquifers (Kesler et al., 1989).Sphalerite et al., 1994a).The older of these,the Lower CambrianClastic...Cove) in North Carolina.The Cartersvillebarite district in fluorite-barite rich.Zinc-richdeposits are...veryminorpyrite,galena,sphalerite, andenargitein (Fig.1).Thesedeposits consist of sphalerite andsparrydolo- veinsandmasses...Mascot-Jefferson City district:The Mascot-Jefferson City district, withfiveminesrepresented, hasthehighest average |  | | Journal (issue) | | presented at the 26th Annual Meeting in Arlington, Virginia October 4-7, 1989. An Investigation of Factors...Exclusive Economic Zone Mail Stop 915 Reston, Virginia 22092 In 1983, the President proclaimed the establishment...the mineral deposits in and on the seafloor. VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Advances in computer...dynamics creating seafloor features and will lead to new understanding regarding continental marine evolution...Geological Survey 955 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 Image Maps of the Exclusive Economic Zone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown iron ore, andleaddeposits. The analysesof new data generatedin the past eral recognitionthat earlier...earlier theoriesof ore control, in the region age of eraplacement, and prospecting guideswere 15yearshaveled...presentgeographic vician metamorphicevent in the region suggestedan Ordovicianagefor manyof the ores (Hadley...Appalachian parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia (U.S. Geological Survey, 18831927; U.S. Bureauof...associationwith sphalerite and barite in the Lower CambrianShadyDolomite at Austinville,Virginia (Brown and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FRONTS AND ASSOCIATED ZINC-LEAD MINERALIZATION, USA DELBERT D. HARPER 526 Walker Blvd., Maryville, Tennessee...mineralization and serves as an exploration guide for new deposits. Introduction Mississippi Valley-type (MVT)...1995; Lydon, 2007). Current and historic major MVT mining districts in the United States include those in...Mississippi Valley district in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, the Balmat Edwards district in New York, the Austinville-Ivanhoe...Austinville-Ivanhoe district in Virginia, the Friedensville district in Pennsylvania, the Metaline district in Washington |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Michigan48105 Abstract Leadisotopecompositions of sphalerite,fluorite,bariteandsparrydolomitein Mississippi...LowerCambrianclasticandcarbonate rockshostthe Austinville(Zn-Pb),Cartersville(Ba), Embreeville(Zn), andDoughtery(Zn)...Greeneville-FallBranch(Ba-F), Mascot-Jefferson City (Zn), Powell River (Zn-Pb), Russell-Tazewell(Ba-F), and Sweetwater(Ba-Zn-F)...mixedin mostareasexceptthe Mascot-JeffersonCity district,where zinc mineralizationis strongest.Althoughthe...genic events (Hearn et al., 1987; Oliver, 1988; Virginia arch (Thomas,1977). MississippiValleytype mineralizationis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 194-199 PARAGENESISAND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE IDOL MINE ZINC DEPOSIT, TENNESSEE JUNLU, JAMESR. CRAIG,ANDJ... Characteristicsof Ore-HostingBreccias The Idol mine, a Mississippi Valley-type,carbonate- Two types...bleachedrims (Fig. 2) and type 2-Copper Ridge district near the town of Thornhill in without bleachedrims...bleachedrims. Typical type 1 brecciacontains Grainger County, Tennessee.Production was carried out dolostonefragments...possessa dark core, surfrom 1977 until 1981, when the mine was allowed to roundedby concentricbandswhich are |  | | Journal (issue) | | INDUSTRY OF VIRGINIA IN 1974' ADVANCE SUMMARY Total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1974 was...127 percent in value. Deep mine production decreased 3 percent and surface mine production increased 9 percent...value increased. Table 1. -Mineral production in Virginia. Stone, the second-ranking mineral commodity...cooperative agreement between the Bureau and the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources. 1 1973 Mineral...that cannot be l ~ r o d u c t i o nas measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including |  | | Report (issue) | | Geological Society of America 419 West 117 Street, New York 27, N. Y. The Memoir Series of The Geological...HYDROTHERMAL AND MAGMATIC MINERAL DEPOSITS Page Magma, Mine,;Superior (oo. ciges Rocttactek ors eno os es snl...NevadaiGity —'Grass: Valley) iter ore ae ee Shasta County a eee cere asses ee avs Oe ee COlOTAMGS ee Pie...mines of which a district is composed but rather that the geological conditions from one mine to another within...within the district are so generally the same that what is said of one mine will be true for the others |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CARBONATE MINERALS OF VIRGINIA By J. ALEXANDER SPEER Department of Geology Virginia Polytechnic Institute...Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 INTRODUCTION Simple anhydrous carbonate minerals are...to be an apatite, aragonite was recognized as a new substance by Werner after K l a p r o t h showed...i n 3 3 3 270 3 1788. I t was regarded as a new mineral in 1801 when Hauy showed it to be crystallographically...witherite until 1792, when it was proven to contain a new element, strontium. T h e name cerussite is derived |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Microstratigraphy in GangueDolomite, the Mascot-Jefferson City District,Tennessee 5•[ICHAEL L. EBERS AND OTTO C. KoPP...dolomite associatedwith sphalerite mineralization in the Mascot-JeffersonCity district. A total of six major...cathodoluminescent zones throughout the district was observed. A single period of sphalerite mineralization occurred...developmentof three consecutivezonesthroughoutthe district. Three Qther districts were studied and all exhibited...cathodoluminescent microstratigraphyreveals that both the sphalerite and ganguedolomiteweretilne correlativethroughthe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cambrian carbonate rocks from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee yield Late CarboniferousEarly Permian...K-feldspar intergrown with sphalerite in several mines of the Mascot-Jefferson City District. E. Tennessee. Regional...Conococheaguc Limestone in Maryland and Virginia, the Shadt, Dolomite in Virginia, and the Maynardsville Limestorx...) 0mA Small Medium Large mine or mine mine pi*spect or or district distract FIG. I I Map showing...minixhS of the Mascot-Jefferson City district in eastern 1 c’n nessee (New Market. Young, and Immel mines) |  | Kesler, Stephen E., Vennemann, Torsten W., Frederickson, Christian, Breithaupt, Angela, Vazquez, Rodrigo, Furman, Francis C. (1997) Hydrogen and oxygen isotope evidence for origin of MVT-forming brines, southern Appalachians. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61 (7) 1513-1523 doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00014-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copyright ¢2, 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/97 $17.00 + .00 Pergamon...48109-1063, USA 2Department of Geology, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri 65401-0249. USA (Received...Tennessee ore field and the Austinville district. 6 ~O and 6D values for sphalerite-hosted brines in the two...that extends from the Lower Ordovicianhosted sphalerite cluster toward the composition of modem formation...brines. Later work in the Upper Mississippi Valley district by McLimans (1977) confirmed that isotopic compositions |  | | Report (volume) | | the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 • RESTON, Virginia-USGS National Center, Rm. 1C402; 12201 Sunrise...the U.S. Government. Published in the Eastern Region, Reston, Va. Manuscript approved for publication...profiles of drillcore, Churchill prospect, Fay mine, and Nicklaw mine areas....................................... 9. Plot showing fluid inclusion data for sphalerite from Lion Hill.............................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits(Brigo et al., 1977), and the Silesia-Cracow district in Poland (Zartmanet al., 1979). The petrologicfeaturesof...thatthe mostsignificant HYC depositat McArthur River in the Northern Ter- sulfide occurrence is in lower...mostof the ore is stratabound and occurs McArthur River area have been discussed in detail in severalsilver-bearing...1983; Williams,1978, tary and fault breccias. Sphalerite mineralization 1979; Rye andWilliams, 1981)....the exposedDevonianreef complexes. The galena-sphalerite pods are within the forereef facies of the complex |  | | Journal (issue) | | METEORITICS • • • REQIONAL (iEOLOQY pALEONTOLOQY Oto&NEW WORLD EXPLORATION S,x catalogs issued yearly covering...Store" A Brief History of Mining Scrip by G. Robert Gannis 70 The Bay State Mine Story: Scrip is the Remaining...and the Founding of the Virginia-Missouri Lead Industry Part I: The Virginia Years by Ma,y Kegley and...mineral dealers is destined to become a classic. A new their ability 10 change colors in order to adapt...adapt to their stretch for MATRIX is an article on mining environment. That very property caused submitted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROSSIE-TYPE Pb-Zn VEINS IN THE FRONTENAC AXIS AREA, NEW YORK R. A. AYUSO, N. K. FOLEY, U.S. GeologicalSurvey...E. BROWN 10608 GoodSpringAvenue,Great Falls, Virginia 22066 Introduction calcite(•90%) and greenfluorite...northwest, are believed to be paragenetically sphalerite, fluorite,andothermineralsarewidespread late...in the Frontenac axis area of New York and Ontario. and tectonic In New York, the veins(Fig. 1) occurmainlywest...rocksof this region (e.g., the ageof emplacementof Rossieveinsis unknown. Balmat-Edwards, New York). Althoughnoneof |  | | Journal (issue) | | SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR VISIT OUR MINE-KEEP WHAT YOU FIND...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | It thins rapidly to less than 200 m over the Virginia arch to the southand the Adirondackuplift to the...:::::::::::::::::::::: ent in the SalinaGroupof New York andOhio. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...the Lower Ordovician LowerCambrianpalcoaquifer sphalerite,galena,and palcoaquiferin the Lower OrdovicianBeckmantown...smallerSamuelSnyder prospect(Smith, Austinville-Ivanhoe zinc-lead district in southern 1977). Virginia,aswell asthe sma...AppalachianMississippiValley-type de- here consistof sphalerite,galena,chalcopyrite,pypositsare most abundantand |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series, dealing with Virginia Mineral...Mineral Localities: Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II) Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS...Cambrian Shad7 (Tom1town) Dolomite at the Jamea River Bydrnte and Supply Compnny Qunrr7 about one mile...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ·, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station |  | Ketterer, Michael E, Lowry, Joe H, Simon, John, Humphries, Kenneth, Novotnak, Mark P (2001) Lead isotopic and chalcophile element compositions in the environment near a zinc smelting–secondary zinc recovery facility, Palmerton, Pennsylvania, USA. Applied Geochemistry, 16 (2) 207-229 doi:10.1016/s0883-2927(00)00029-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zinc recovery facility, Palmerton, Pennsylvania, USA Michael E. Ketterer a,*, Joe H. Lowry b, John Simon...Arizona University, Box 5698, Flagsta, AZ 86011, USA United States Environmental Protection Agency, National...80225, USA c Department of Chemistry, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118, USA b Received...exhibit unusually elevated concentrations of other sphalerite-derived chalcophilic elements (Se, Ag, In, Sb...Palmerton, and exhibit no unusual elevation in sphalerite elements. Lead source discrimination in the Palmerton |
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Austinville-Ivanhoe Mine, Austinville-Ivanhoe Mining District, New River-Cripple Creek Region, Wythe County, Virginia, USA