Mine detail: Hamner Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.11396, -79.37059

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	LENSES AND PODS
Discovery year:	1850

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Mt. Athos Marble Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Marble,Mica Schist
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allochthon James River Synclinorium, Faulting?
Tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon
Alteration processes:	Marble Alteration To Clay

References

MRDS	W031293
DEP	10080194
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE-VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG TUNNELS, SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, MINE}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.