CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
23 United States (Virginia) 36.50.49 N -- 080.55.12 W Austinville-Ivanhoe district Zn; Pb
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
Deposit name(s): Austinville-Ivanhoe district
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Virginia
Deposit clan (type): Mississippi Valley-type
Deposit status: past producer
Deposit object located: centroid of district
Commodities: Zn; Pb
Mineralization styles: massive replacement; disseminated
Geological ages: Cambrian (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental platform (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonates
Individual lithologies:dolostone
Host rock stratigraphy:Shady formation
Mineralogy: dolomite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite
References:
Brown, W. H.; Weinberg, E. L., 1968
Geology of the Austinville-Ivanhoe District, Virginia
10, in Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933-1967: The Graton-Sales Volume, Edited by Ridge, J. D., American Insitute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Vol 1, 1880 p, p. 169 - 186

Production data: Report period: from 1927 until 1968; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Zn: 3.7 percent
Pb: 0.7 percent
Weight-commodity information:Zn: 868,000 short ton
Pb: 185,000 short ton
Reference: Brown, W. H.; Weinberg, E. L., 1968: Geology of the Austinville-Ivanhoe District, Virginia; 10, in Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933-1967: The Graton-Sales Volume, Edited by Ridge, J. D., American Insitute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Vol 1, 1880 p, p. 169 - 186
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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