| Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.85507, -81.4601 |
| dep_id: | 10080175 |
| mrds_id: | W031269 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite, Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium |
| Trace mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite |
| other_matl: | Calcite, Fluorite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| ore_ctrl: | Veins, Residual Clay |
| 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. Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Fault System, Faults, Mcmullen Syncline, Seven Springs Fault, Marion Dome. Mine Lies Approximately 1400 Feet North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault. |
| tectonic: | Va 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 GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 42.
- Deposit:: MCNEIL, O., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1986.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE
- Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)
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