| Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.85007, -81.47704 |
| dep_id: | 10080173 |
| mrds_id: | W031266 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Trace mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| other_matl: | Fluorite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface |
| ore_ctrl: | Fractures In The Limestone/Dolomite |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| hrock_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 |
| Year first produced: | 1880 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1906 |
| disc_yr: | 1880 |
| discr: | G.G. Goodell (?) |
| 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 IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE
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