| Lat / long: | 37.09118, -79.31558 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Gangue: | Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1907 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| First production started: | 1935 |
| Last production ended: | 1937 |
| 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 |
| 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. |