Mine detail: Johnson Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

37.62034, -79.59143

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Pulaski-Staunton Fault, Syncline, Anticline, Thrust Faults.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031251
DEP	10080159
Reference	EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)