Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 36.82591, -81.54927 |
dep_id: | 10080178 |
mrds_id: | W031274 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Barite |
orebody_fm: | LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
work_type: | Surface |
ore_ctrl: | Fractures In The Bedrock |
Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |
hrock_unit: | Beekmantown Formation |
hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Dolomite |
Structure: | Ne-Sw Trending Thrust Faults, Mine Site Is Located On The Southeast Flank Of The Marion Dome, 1.2 Miles North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault. |
tectonic: | Virginia Valley And Ridge |
yfp_ba: | > |
Year first produced: | 1875 |
ylp_ba: | < |
yr_lst_prd: | 1906 |
dy_ba: | > |
disc_yr: | 1875 |
References: |
- 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 OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.
- Deposit:: COOPER, B.N., 1936, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53.
- Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED)
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, MINE
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