Mine detail: Rhudy Prospect

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Location: Grayson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.74925, -81.10925
dep_id: 10080168
mrds_id: W031260
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.
hrock_unit: Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Gneiss
arock_unit: Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
arock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family Lies To The North
tectonic: Orogen; On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets.
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1938
References:
  • Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, 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.
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