| Lat / long: | 36.90174, -80.81924 |
| Primary: | Zinc |
| Secondary: | Lead |
| Tertiary: | Silver, Iron |
| Ore: | Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Goethite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR, PINNACLE DOMINATED |
| Discovery year: | 1885 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1885 |
| Host rock: | Shady Dolomite, Austinville (New Jersey Zinc)-Saccharoidal Member (Usgs) |
| Host type: | Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trending Multiple, Imbricate Thrust Faults, Galena Synclinal Basin, Holston Mountain Fault, Hematite Mountain Overthrust |
| Tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| Alteration processes: | Sphalerite Oxidized To Hemimorphite, Minor Smithsonite, Dolomite. |
| MRDS | W031357 |
| DEP | 10080250 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.}{Deposit:: MCCREATH, A.S., AND *NVILLIERS, E.V., 1887, THE NEW RIVER-CRIPPLE CREEK MINERAL REGION OF VIRGINIA: HARRISBURG, PA., HARRISBURG PUBLISHING CO., 171 P.}{Deposit:: DEWEY, F.P., 1882, NOTE ON THE FALLING CLIFF MINE: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, TRANSACTIONS, V. 10, P. 111-112.}{Deposit:: NEUMAN, R.B., 1975, MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-709-B.}{Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.}{Deposit:: 1975 OTHER R.B. NEUMAN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-B.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL MINED FOR OXIDIZED ZN ORE.} |
| Reporter | Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.), Good, Richard S. |