| Location: | Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.56034, -79.85699 |
| dep_id: | 10080152 |
| mrds_id: | W031243 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Chert, Dolomite, Limestone |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum Between Dolomite Beds And Pinnacles. |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| hrock_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 |
| Year first produced: | 1894 |
| disc_yr: | 1894 |
| References: |
- 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- Deposit:: HAY, N.R.T., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE FINCASTLE SYNCLINE, BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.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)
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