Mine detail: Berger Barite Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

36.96618, -79.46504

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	BEDDED AND NODULAR LENSES
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Marble
Associated 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.
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal (?) And Weathering Alteration Of Marble To Clay

References

MRDS	VA01720
DEP	10067237
Reference	{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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