| Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.82147, -81.53288 |
| dep_id: | 10067275 |
| mrds_id: | VA01766 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Barite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| conc_proc: | Weathering Of The Bedrock |
| 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, 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 |
| dy_ba: | > |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| discr: | Cornett-Hull ? |
| 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- Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).
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