Mine detail: Cundiff Barite Prospect

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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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