Location: | Augusta County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.96449, -79.19892 |
dep_id: | 10080161 |
mrds_id: | W031253 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
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; Blue Ridge-Catoctin Mountain Anticlinorium, Local Unnamed Anticline, Steeles Tavern Syncline; Fairfield Thrust Fault |
tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
Year first produced: | 1936 |
disc_yr: | 1934 |
discr: | J.N. And N.S. Hotinger |
References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P
- Deposit:: 1934 DIREXPL J.N. AND N.S. HOTINGER-PROSPECTED AND MINE
- Production:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., (1938)
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