| Location: | Russell County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.96646, -82.02095 |
| dep_id: | 10025679 |
| mrds_id: | K001598 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Thin Intersecting Veins , Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Fagan, James M., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Copper Creek Fault, Honaker Fault |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| yfp_ba: | > |
| Year first produced: | 1880 |
| dy_ba: | > |
| disc_yr: | 1880 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.
- Deposit:: ? DIREXPL ? -DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE
- Production:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.
- Reserve-Resource:: EDMUNDSON (1938)
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