Mine detail: Meade Mine

Previously called 'Mead Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.96646, -82.02095

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Ore: Barite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Host rock:Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
Host type:Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Copper Creek Fault, Honaker Fault
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSK001598
DEP10025679
Reference{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)}
ReporterFagan, James M., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)