| Lat / long: | 36.85646, -81.58511 |
| Primary: | Limestone, General |
| Ore: | Limestone |
| Orebody form: | OTHER (BEDDED) |
| Discovery year: | 1935 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1935 |
| Host rock: | Witten Limestone |
| Host type: | Limestone |
| Structure: | Northeast-Southwest Trending Thrust Faults., Mine Is Located On The Western Flank Of The Marion Dome, 1000 Feet Northwest Of Hungry Mother Creek Fault And 3500 Feet Southeast Of Brushe Mountain Fault. |
| Tectonic: | Virginia Valley And Ridge |
| MRDS | VA01747 |
| DEP | 10067258 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 14.}{Deposit:: COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L}{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULETIN 53}{Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED)} |
| Reporter | Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.) |