Mine detail: Farts Prospect #1

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Location

Lat / long:

36.84758, -81.58872

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite
Orebody form:	LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host 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

References

MRDS	VA01750
DEP	10067261
Reference	OBSERVATIO
Reporter	Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)