| Location: | Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.12146, -79.34476 |
| dep_id: | 10080192 |
| mrds_id: | W031290 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite |
| orebody_fm: | VEINS AND LENSES. STRATABOUND |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| ore_ctrl: | Originally, Statabound From Precipitation Of Metal Rich Brines. |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |
| hrock_unit: | Mt. Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| hrock_type: | Marble,Mica Schist |
| Structure: | Bowe* Creek Fault, Faulting? |
| tectonic: | Smith River Allocthon |
| Year first produced: | 1850 |
| disc_yr: | 1850 |
| discr: | E.T. Howell |
| References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - MINED?
- Deposit:: DIREXPL E.T. HOWELL-DUG SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINED
- Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)
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