| Lat / long: | 36.85175, -81.5815 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Orebody form: | LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1875 |
| Last production ended: | 1906 |
| 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 |
| 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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53}{Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).} |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.) |