Mine detail: Manassas Occurrence

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Location: Prince William County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.73004, -77.47302
dep_id: 10067540
mrds_id: W000323
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
ore_ctrl: Veins
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Bull Run Shale
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Potomac Basin, Faults
tectonic: Triassic Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 89
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, J. K., 1928, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 29, P. 132.
  • Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R S, 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.
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