Mine detail: Becktel Prospect

Previously called 'Bachtell Prospect'

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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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