| Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.82841, -81.54927 |
| dep_id: | 10067264 |
| mrds_id: | VA01754 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| 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., Mine Site Is Located On The Southeastern Flank Of The Marion Dome And 1.1 Miles North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault. |
| tectonic: | Virginia Valley And Ridge |
| dy_ba: | > |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| References: |
- 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- Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).
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