Mine detail: Bragg Barite Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.13785, -79.34198

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1938

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group;Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Marble,Mica Schist
Structure:	2 Tight Folds Overturned To Nw
Alteration processes:	Residual Clay From Marble

References

MRDS	W031276
DEP	10080180
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.