Mine detail: Blumer Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.9659, -82.0254

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Barite, Limonite, Pyrite
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,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	K001618
DEP	10025695
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. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 53.}{Reserve-Resource:: EDMUNDSON (1938)}
Reporter	Fagan, James M., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)