Mine detail: Farts Prospect #1

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.84758, -81.58872
dep_id: 10067261
mrds_id: VA01750
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite
orebody_fm: LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Fractures In The Bedrock
Reporter: Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Beekmantown Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Northeast-Southwest Trending Thrust Faults, Prospect Is Located On The Western Flank Of The Marion Dome, 650 Feet Southeast Of Hungry Mother Creek Fault.
tectonic: Virginia Valley And Ridge
dy_ba: >
disc_yr: 1875
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