Location: | Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.72506, -79.47893 |
dep_id: | 10080158 |
mrds_id: | W031250 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Barite |
gangue: | Chert, Dolomite |
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, Anticline, Syncline |
tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
References: |
- EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P
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