Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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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 carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | dolostone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Shady formation |
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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 |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1927 until 1968; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-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% |