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Cedar Springs Zinc Mine

Past Producer in Wythe county in Virginia, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080248
MRDS ID W031354
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Springs Zinc Mine
Alternate or previous names Cedar Springs Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.28288, 36.82813 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Relative position 0.4 MILE EAST OF CEDAR SPRINGS ON NORTH SIDE ROUTE 749.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wythe(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedar Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wytheville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winston-Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper New(hydrologic unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kanawha(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Wythe

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION WITH ROUTE 614. MAIN CUT IS NORTH OF BRIDGE OVER CRIPPLE CREEK ON TRIBUTARY INTO WEST BANK. TROUT HATCHERY ON EAST BANK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Zinc Sulfides.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Shady Formation
    Rock description Shady Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.28288, 36.82813
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski Thrust Fault, Holston Mountain Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faulting Of Folded Strata, Anticline, Transuerse Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSE
    Strike N 85 DEG E; N78-88 DEG E
    Dip 75-80 DEG SE
    Plunge direction NE
  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSE
    Dip 75-80 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS ARE STEEPLY FOLDED FORMING A SERIES OF LOCAL ASYMMETRICAL COMPRESSED FOLDS WITH EASTWARD PITCH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Bertha Mineral Company
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1907

Mining district

District name Cripple Creek-New River

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Columbus Mining Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Moore

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.3M
    Overall length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN CUT TRENDS N 85 DEG E IS 215 FEET LONG, 10-25 FEET WIDE, 25-30 FT DEEP. THE BASE IS FILLED WITH A FEW FEET OF WATER AND THE WESTERN END IS FILLED WITH TRASH. ABOUT 800 FEET WEST OF CUT ALONG R. 749 IS A SMALL QUARRY USED FOR ROAD AGGREGATE, UPSLOPE 400 FEET NORTH OF ROUTE 749 AND 1000 FEET WEST OF MAIN WORKING AREA ARE TWO SHAFTS NOW INACCESSIBLE AND FILLED WITH TRASH AND STUMPS. BETWEEN SHAFTS AND MAIN CUT ARE WORKINGS-NOW FILLED.

Comments on development

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS FIRST PROSPECTED BY THE BERTHA MINERAL CO. (PROBABLY IN THE 1890'S), LATER OPERATED BY THE CEDAR SPRINGS ZINC MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO. (1905) AND FINALLY BY THE COLUMBUS MINING CORP. NO PRODUCTION IS RECORDED AFTER 1907. ; ECON.COM: MILL CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1907.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L.W., 1935, ZINC AND LEAD REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 43, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    RANKIN, D.W., ESPENSHADE, G.H., AND NEUMAN, R.B., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1905, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 156 P.

  • Deposit

    WATSON, T.L., 1907, MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VA., J.P. BELL CO., 618 P.

  • Deposit

    1934 GEOLMAP VA. GEOL. SURV.: ISSUED BULL. 43.

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP R.B. NEUMAN: MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-709-A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S (?)
Deposit SPHALERITE OCCURRRED IN DOLOMITE VEINS; OTHER MINERALS IN CRACKLE AND SHATTER BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Meintzer, Robert E. (Sweet, P. C.) Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Updater 01-APR-1988 Good, Richard S. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

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