Mine detail: Cowan Mine

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Location: Russell County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.92535, -82.09012
dep_id: 10025707
mrds_id: K001635
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: Clay Residuum, Veins
Reporter: Fagan, James M., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault.
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1902
disc_yr: 1902
prod_yrs: 1902-1905
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:: 1902 DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED
  • Production:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.
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