Mine detail: Orr Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.90007, -81.59983

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Secondary:	Calcium
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Iron
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
Other material:	Calcite
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1897
Last production ended:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Faults., The Mine Is 2.8 Miles South Of The Saltville Thrust Fault, And 3.8 Miles North Of The Brushy Mountain Thrust Fault.
Tectonic:	Virginia Valley And Ridge.

References

MRDS	W031273
DEP	10080177
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L.}{Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.}{Deposit:: 1900? DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, MINE}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.