Mine detail: Mcdonald Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

36.85257, -81.47038

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

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

References

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.