Mine detail: Bennett Mine

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Location:	Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long:	36.96035, -79.47393
dep_id:	10080193
mrds_id:	W031291
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Barium-Barite
Trace mineral:	Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Barite, Pyrite
gangue:	Pegmatite
orebody_fm:	LENSE
work_type:	Surface/Underground
alteration:	Marble Has Been Largely Altered To Clay.
ore_ctrl:	Probably Originally Metal Rich Brine Precipitation, Remobilized And Tectonized.
Reporter:	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.
hrock_unit:	Mt Athos Marble Member Of Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
hrock_type:	Marble,Mica Schist
arock_type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Marr (1984) Indicates Folded, Regional Ne Trending Fault Passing Through Deposit., Faulted, Ne Trending Fault With Down Thrown Block On Nw
tectonic:	Window In Overlying Fork Mountain Formation In Smith River Allocthon
Year first produced:	1880
yr_lst_prd:	1936
disc_yr:	1875
References:	Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: WATSON AND GRASTY (1915) Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P. Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1974. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327. Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., AND GRASTY, J.S., BARITE OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES, IN TRANSACTIONS: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL. 51, 1915, PP. 514-559. Deposit:: CONLEY J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SW PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33 P. Deposit:: MARR, J.D., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NO. 49. Deposit:: 1880 DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, DRIFTS, AND OPEN CUTS, MINED. Deposit:: 1936 DIREXPL BARIUM MINING CORP. - REOPENED MINE AND MINED Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE Production:: WATSON (1907)