Mine detail: Groseclose Prospect #2

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Location

Lat / long:

36.83536, -81.82927

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Fault Systems, Prospect Lies Approximately 1200 Feet North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault.
Tectonic:	Va. Valley And Ridge

References

MRDS	VA01756
DEP	10067266
Reference	BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 42
Reporter	Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)