| Lat / long: | 37.11396, -79.37059 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Secondary: | Copper |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | LENSES AND PODS |
| Discovery year: | 1850 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1850 |
| 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 |
| 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. |