Mine detail: Cornett-Hull Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

36.81675, -81.54983

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium
Ore:	Barite, Calcite, Fluorite
Gangue:	Dolomite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR. LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Faults, The Mine Is Located Southeast Of The Marion Dome, Approximately 1000 Feet Northwest Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault, And 100 To 300 Feet Southeast Of An Unnamed Thrust Fault.
Tectonic:	Virginia Valley And Ridge

References

MRDS	W031265
DEP	10080172
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.}{Deposit:: COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L.}{Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I., MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS, TRENCHES, MINE}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.