| Lat / long: | 36.85007, -81.47704 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Tertiary: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Orebody form: | LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
| Other material: | Fluorite |
| Discovery year: | 1880 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1880 |
| Last production ended: | 1906 |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| Host type: | Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Fault System, Faults, Mcmullin Syncline, Seven Springs Fault, Marion Dome. Mine Is Located Approximately 1000 Feet North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault, And 1700 Feet Northeast Of The Greenwood Thrust Fault. |
| Tectonic: | Virginia Valley And Ridge |
| MRDS | W031266 |
| DEP | 10080173 |
| 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 IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |