Mine detail: Arthur Barite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.12146, -79.34476

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite
Orebody form: VEINS AND LENSES. STRATABOUND
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1850

Geology

Host rock:Mt. Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:Marble,Mica Schist
Structure:Bowe* Creek Fault, Faulting?
Tectonic:Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDSW031290
DEP10080192
Reference{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)}
ReporterTrimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.