Mine detail: Martin Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.7598, -81.15953

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Residual
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum
Host type:	Clay, Mud
Associated rock:	Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Byllesby Overthrust; Falls Overthrust; Fries Junction Syncline, High Knob Syncline
Tectonic:	Shady Valley Thrust Sheet (Unaka Belt)

References

MRDS	W031256
DEP	10080164
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMNUDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.}{Deposit:: STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.