Mine detail: Carson Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.337, -79.08336

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron
Ore:	Barite, Pyrite, Specularite
Gangue:	Marble, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1937

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Mount Athos Formation (Chopawamsic Formation);Clay Residuum
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Marble,Mica Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium, Fault Just South Of Mine, Thrust Fault To North
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W031278
DEP	10080182
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE - VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008, 155 P.}{Deposit:: 1937 DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS, TUNNELS, SHAFTS, MINED}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)