| Location: | Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.48784, -79.9581 |
| dep_id: | 10080153 |
| mrds_id: | W031244 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Limonite |
| gangue: | Chert, Dolomite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum Between And Above Dolomite Pinnacles |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Fincastle Syncline; Thrust Faults To North And South Of Mine |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| Year first produced: | 1935 |
| disc_yr: | 1935 |
| discr: | J.N. And N.S. Hotinger |
| 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- Deposit:: HAY, N.R.T., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE FINCASTLE SYNCLINE, BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS.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)
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