Mine detail: Hull Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.82147, -81.53288

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Northeast-Southwest Trending Thrust Faults, The Prospect Is Located Southeast Of The Marion Dome, About 1200 Feet Northwest Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault, And 300 Feet Southeast Of An Unnamed Thrust Fault.
Tectonic:	Virginia Valley And Ridge

References

MRDS	VA01766
DEP	10067275
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53.}{Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).}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.)