| Location: | Grayson County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.58452, -81.22121 |
| dep_id: | 10080162 |
| mrds_id: | W031254 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Trace mineral: | Mica, Quartz |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Muscovite |
| gangue: | Mica, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | LENS, IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| ore_ctrl: | Foliation Planes And Cross Cutting Stringers |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |
| hrock_unit: | Residual Soil;Cranberry Gneiss |
| hrock_type: | Mica Schist,Gneiss |
| arock_unit: | Stoal Gneiss (Stose & Stose, 1957), Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group (Rankin Et Al, 1972) |
| arock_type: | Mica Schist,Gneiss |
| Structure: | W-Sw/E-Ne Trending Fries (Thrust) Fault Family Lies To The South, Stose & Stose (1957) Report Mylonized Gneiss At The Prospect. |
| tectonic: | On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1952 |
| disc_yr: | 1930 |
| discr: | O. C. Osborne |
| References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.
- Deposit:: RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.
- Deposit:: 1930 DIREXPL O.C. OSBORNE - DUG 2 TEST PITS
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