| Lat / long: | 36.85257, -81.47038 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1875 |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Walker Mountain Thrust Block, Faults, Mcmullen Syncline, Seven Springs Fault, Marion Dome. Area Of The Deposit Is Located Approximated 1400 Feet North Of Seven Springs Thrust Fault. |
| Tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| MRDS | W031270 |
| DEP | 10080176 |
| 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:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED} |
| Reporter | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |