| Location: | Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.55756, -79.9056 |
| dep_id: | 10080156 |
| mrds_id: | W031248 |
| 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, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Copper Ridge Formation |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski-Staunton Fault, Syncline, Faults Subsidiary To The Pulaski-Staunton Fault |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| Year first produced: | 1850 |
| disc_yr: | 1850 |
| 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- Deposit:: HAY, N.R.T., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE FINCASTLE SYNCLINE, BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
- Deposit:: 1850? DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS AND TRENCH, MINED
- Deposit:: 1917 DIREXPL ? - REWORKED MINE
- Deposit:: 1935 DIREXPL N.S. HOTINGER - DUG MORE TRENCHES, MINED
- Production:: EDMUNDSON, (1938)
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