Mine detail: Saxton-Mcmillan Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

37.36145, -79.65726

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Barite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Feldspar, Hornblende, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1866

Geology

Host rock:	Virginia Blue Ridge Complex-Marshall Gneiss-Granite.;Clay Residuum
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Gneiss
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Faults, Suck Mountain Fault ?
Tectonic:	Blue Ridge Province

References

MRDS	W031239
DEP	10080149
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION COMISSION, PP. 305-335.}{Deposit:: HAMILTON, C.L., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE PEAKS OF OTTER AREA, BEDFORD AND BOTETOURT COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.}{Deposit:: WOODWARD, H.P., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ROANOKE AREA, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 34, 172 P.}{Deposit:: 1866 DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN PITS AND MINED BARITE}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL ? - DUG TRENCHES AND SHAFTS, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)