Mine detail: Crush Mine and Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

37.56034, -79.85699

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Chert, Dolomite, Limestone
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1894

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1894

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Thrust Fault Just To North Of Mine-A Subsidiary Thrust Fault Of The Pulaski-Staunton Thrust Fault, Maybe The Cedar Ridge Fault Of Hay (1950); Fincastle Or Flatwoods Syncline.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031243
DEP	10080152
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE - VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: MCGUIRE, O.S., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE ROCK, STROM, ORISKANY, AND SALISBURY QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 24.}{Deposit:: HAY, N.R.T., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE FINCASTLE SYNCLINE, BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.}{Deposit:: 1894? DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS, TRENCH AND SHAFT, MINED}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES.-INSPECTED SITE}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)