Mine detail: Gusler-Austin Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 37.48784, -79.9581

Resource(B)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Copper
Ore: Barite, Limonite
Gangue: Chert, Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1935

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1935

Geology

Host rock:Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
Host type:Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:Ne-Sw Trend, Fincastle Syncline; Thrust Faults To North And South Of Mine
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW031244
DEP10080153
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:: HAY, N.R.T., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE FINCASTLE SYNCLINE, BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1935 DIREXPL J.N. AND N.S. HOTINGER? - DUG PIT AND MINED}{Deposit:: 1936 DIREXPL CLINCHFIELD SAND AND FELDSPAR CO. - MINED}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE}{Production:: EDMUNDSON, (1938)}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)