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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