Cassiterite and Cerussite
$60.00
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Major rock types of the Irish Creek district are gneisses and schists, intruded by granodiorite. The ore deposits are fissure veins consisting largely of quartz veins bordered by greisen, and enriched by recurrent deposition. Cassiterite was discovered along Irish Creek in the Blue
Ridge in the northern part of Rockbridge County, Va., in 1846, but active prospecting and development work were not begun until 1884. The production has been small, probably less than 1,000 tons of ore, and has come chiefly from workings on Panther Run, a small tributary near the headwaters of Irish Creek. Unfortunately no paper label but painted on locality. Ex George Loud.
Locality: Irish Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia
Composition: tin oxide and lead carbonate
