Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.8223, -81.57455 |
dep_id: | 10067276 |
mrds_id: | VA01767 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
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, Mine Is Located On The Southern Flank Of The Marion Dome, 1 Mile North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault. |
tectonic: | Virginia Valley And Ridge |
yfp_ba: | > |
Year first produced: | 1875 |
ylp_ba: | < |
yr_lst_prd: | 1902 |
dy_ba: | > |
disc_yr: | 1875 |
discr: | Gardner (?) |
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