Mine detail: Haden Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.21673, -79.28308

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Biotite, Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1937

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Marble,Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, James River Synclinorium, Smith River Allochthon, Faults
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W031281
DEP	10080184
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1008.}{Deposit:: 1937 DIREXPL ? - PROSPECTED}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUT, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938).}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)