Mine detail: Earhart Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.96449, -79.19892

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1934

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1936

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend; Blue Ridge-Catoctin Mountain Anticlinorium, Local Unnamed Anticline, Steeles Tavern Syncline; Fairfield Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031253
DEP	10080161
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)