| Lat / long: | 36.90007, -81.59983 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1897 |
| Last production ended: | 1906 |
| 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. |
| 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. |