Location: | Campbell County, Virginia, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.14785, -79.33948 |
dep_id: | 10080183 |
mrds_id: | W031279 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
Minor mineral: | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Iron |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Barite |
gangue: | Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Limonite, Malachite, Tourmaline |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Mt Athos Marble To Residual Clay |
conc_proc: | Reworked By Meteoritic Water At Least Once |
ore_ctrl: | Chemical Precipitation Of Metal Rich Brines In Rift Related Basin |
Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |
hrock_type: | Slate,Phyllite |
Structure: | Smith River Allocthon |
tectonic: | Stacked Piedmont Allocthons, Rift Related Submarine Depression |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1938 |
References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAF
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