| Lat / long: | 36.58452, -81.22121 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Tertiary: | Mica, Quartz |
| Ore: | Barite, Muscovite |
| Gangue: | Mica, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | LENS, IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1930 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Last production ended: | 1952 |
| Host rock: | Residual Soil;Cranberry Gneiss |
| Host type: | Mica Schist,Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Stoal Gneiss (Stose & Stose, 1957), Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group (Rankin Et Al, 1972) |
| Associated 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 |
| MRDS | W031254 |
| DEP | 10080162 |
| Reference | {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} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |