| Location: | Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.57726, -77.65553 |
| dep_id: | 10067548 |
| mrds_id: | W000331 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Fissures, Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Wright, Nancy A., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Bull Run Shale |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Shale |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Potomac Basin, Faulting |
| tectonic: | Triassic Basin |
| References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R. S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53., P. 54-55.
- Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 23.
- Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE- VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.
- Deposit:: 1975 RECON VA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES- INSPECTED SITE.
- Deposit:: ? DIREXPL ? - PROSPECTED BY SHALLOW PITS?
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