Mine detail: Eller Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.85007, -81.47704

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
Other material:	Fluorite
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1880
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

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

References

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.