Mine detail: Hurt Barite Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

37.09118, -79.31558

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1935
Last production ended:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos 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

References

MRDS	W031294
DEP	10080195
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:: DIREXPL ? - OPENINGS WERE MADE}{Deposit:: DIREXPL BARIUM MINING CORP.-DUG TEST PITS}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.