| Location: | Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.67671, -77.66664 |
| dep_id: | 10067561 |
| mrds_id: | W000346 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| conc_proc: | Thermal Fluids |
| ore_ctrl: | Veins, Clay Residuum? |
| Reporter: | Wright, Nancy A., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Bull Run Shale |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Shale |
| arock_unit: | Diabase Dikes |
| arock_type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Newark Basin ; Reg.Trends: Northeast-Southwest |
| tectonic: | Appalachian Foldbelt |
| yfp_ba: | > |
| Year first produced: | 1865 |
| dy_ba: | > |
| disc_yr: | 1865 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R. S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, P. 52-54
- Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, VA. MIN. RES. REPORT 7, P. 114-115.
- Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE- VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.
- Deposit:: 1975 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.- INSPECTED SITE
- Deposit:: ? DIREXPL ? -DUG PITS AND TRENCHES, MINED
- Production:: EDMUNDSON REFERENCE
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