Mine detail: Cundiff Barite Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

37.14785, -79.33948

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Iron
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Limonite, Malachite, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Phyllite
Structure:	Smith River Allocthon
Tectonic:	Stacked Piedmont Allocthons, Rift Related Submarine Depression
Alteration processes:	Mt Athos Marble To Residual Clay

References

MRDS	W031279
DEP	10080183
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAF}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.