Mine detail: Farts Mine #2 Limestone

Previously called 'Marble Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.85646, -81.58511

Resource(N)

Primary:	Limestone, General
Ore:	Limestone
Orebody form:	OTHER (BEDDED)
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1935

Geology

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

References

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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULETIN 53}{Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED)}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.)