Mine detail: Henderlite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.85507, -81.4601

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite, Copper
Secondary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Calcite, 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:	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

References

MRDS	W031269
DEP	10080175
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 GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULLETIN 42.}{Deposit:: MCNEIL, O., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1986.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.