Mine detail: Groseclose Prospect #1

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Location: Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.85563, -81.45926
dep_id: 10080174
mrds_id: W031268
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Veins Along Local Fractures And Brecciated Zones
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
hrock_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
yfp_ba: >
Year first produced: 1875
yr_lst_prd: 1906
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • 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
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