| Location: | Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.11396, -79.37059 |
| dep_id: | 10080194 |
| mrds_id: | W031293 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSES AND PODS |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Marble Alteration To Clay |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |
| hrock_unit: | Mt. Athos Marble Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| hrock_type: | Marble,Mica Schist |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allochthon James River Synclinorium, Faulting? |
| tectonic: | Smith River Allocthon |
| Year first produced: | 1850 |
| disc_yr: | 1850 |
| References: |
- 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
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