Mine detail: Earhart Prospect

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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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