Mine detail: Shorter Prospect

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Location: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.67506, -79.63893
dep_id: 10080160
mrds_id: W031252
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
gangue: 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, Syncline, Anticline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1938
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:: 1975 RECON VA. DIV. MIN. RES. - INSPECTED SITE
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG PROSPECT PITS
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