| Location: | Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.96618, -79.46504 |
| dep_id: | 10067237 |
| mrds_id: | VA01720 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| orebody_fm: | BEDDED AND NODULAR LENSES |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| alteration: | Hydrothermal (?) And Weathering Alteration Of Marble To Clay |
| conc_proc: | Metal Rich Brines Precipitation Later Altered And Reworked By Ground Water. |
| ore_ctrl: | Multiple: Probably Originally Hydrothermal, Rieft Related Brine, Remobilized Metamorhosed And Subject Mesozoic Post Mesozoic Ground Water Action. |
| Reporter: | As |
| hrock_unit: | Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| hrock_type: | Marble |
| arock_type: | Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Smith River Allocthon, Ne Trending Fault Passes Through Deposit Nw Side Down, Se Side Up (Marr, 1984) |
| tectonic: | Probably Window To Lynchburg Group Rocks Through Overlying Fork Mountain Formation Of Smith River Allocthon. |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1890 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.
- Deposit:: WATSON, T.S., 1907, SULFATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, P. 305-327.
- Deposit:: MARR, J.D., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NUMBER 49
- Deposit:: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES ECONOMIC GIOLOGY FILE 1974
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