Mine detail: Groseclose Prospect #1

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Location

Lat / long:

36.85563, -81.45926

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Walker Mountain Thrust Block, Prospect Lies Approximately 1000 Feet North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031268
DEP	10080174
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R. S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 42.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUT}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.