Mine detail: Saunders Barite-Pryite Mine

Previously called 'Saunders Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.21673, -79.26642

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Barite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1887

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum
Host type:	Quartzite,Mica Schist
Structure:	Smith River Allocthon, Formations Appear To Be Overturned
Tectonic:	Rift-Related Fracturing With Super Imposed Allocthons Stacks
Alteration processes:	Calcareous Quartzite To Clay

References

MRDS	W031288
DEP	10080190
Reference	{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN.}{Deposit:: SAUNDERS, FLEMING, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P.125) 1008, 155P. (P.125-129). 305-327.}{Deposit:: HALL, JOHN, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, IN ESPENSHADE (P.125); ALSO, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1987.}{Deposit:: 1887? DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS, MINE}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)