| Location: | Grayson County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.7598, -81.15953 |
| dep_id: | 10080164 |
| mrds_id: | W031256 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Residual |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum, Byllesby Thrust Fault |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud |
| arock_unit: | Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group |
| arock_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) |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1938 |
| References: |
- 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)
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