Mine detail: Big Marys Creek Barite Ppt.

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Location

Lat / long:

37.86894, -79.20114

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Pedlar
Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	VA01729
DEP	10067243
Reference	STEIDMAN, EDWARD, 1940, A BARITE VEIN NEAR LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA: VA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES - ABSTRACT, VOL. 1, NUMBER 7, P. 245
Reporter	Sweet, Palmer C.