Mine detail: Mease Barite Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.93811, -79.55754

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Secondary:	Manganese
Ore:	Barite, Psilomelane
Orebody form:	LENSES, BEDDED
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875
Last production ended:	1931

Geology

Host rock:	Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Quartzite,Marble,Mica Schist
Structure:	Bowens Creek Fault, Faulting?
Tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon Window
Alteration processes:	Marble Altered To Clay

References

MRDS	W031295
DEP	10080196
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:: 1930 DIREXPL ? - WORKED SHAFTS, MINED}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, MINED}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.