| Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.81675, -81.54983 |
| dep_id: | 10080172 |
| mrds_id: | W031265 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Trace mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Calcite, Fluorite |
| gangue: | Dolomite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR. LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| ore_ctrl: | Fractures In The Bedrock |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |
| hrock_unit: | Beekmantown Formation |
| hrock_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 |
| yfp_ba: | > |
| Year first produced: | 1875 |
| ylp_ba: | < |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1906 |
| dy_ba: | > |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| References: |
- 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- Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I., MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).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
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