| Lat / long: | 36.85507, -81.4601 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1880 |
| Last production ended: | 1906 |
| 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 |
| 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. |