Mine detail: Wassum Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

36.85175, -81.5815

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Northeast-Southwest Trending Thrust Faults., Mine On The Western Flank Of The Marion Dome, 800 Feet East, Southeast Of Hungry Mother Creek Fault.
Tectonic:	Virginia Valley And Ridge

References

MRDS	VA01752
DEP	10067263
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42}{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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53}{Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).}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.)