Mine detail: Groseclose Prospect #2

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.83536, -81.82927
dep_id: 10067266
mrds_id: VA01756
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Veins Along Local Fractures And Brecciated Zones
Reporter: Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Beekmantown Formation
hrock_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
disc_yr: 1875
discr: G.G. Goodell (?)
References:
  • BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 42
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