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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