| Location: | Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.49506, -79.96616 |
| dep_id: | 10080154 |
| mrds_id: | W031245 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Chert, Dolomite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski-Staunton Thrust Fault To North, Unnamed Thrust Fault To South, Fincastle Syncline |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| disc_yr: | 1936 |
| 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:: 1936 DIREXPL ? - DUG PROSPECT PITS
- Deposit:: 1975 RECON VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE
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