Mine detail: Farts Mine #2 Limestone

Previously called 'Marble Mine'

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.85646, -81.58511
dep_id: 10067258
mrds_id: VA01747
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limestone
orebody_fm: OTHER (BEDDED)
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Witten Limestone
hrock_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
Year first produced: 1935
disc_yr: 1935
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED)
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