| Lat / long: | 37.93811, -79.55754 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Secondary: | Manganese |
| Ore: | Barite, Psilomelane |
| Orebody form: | LENSES, BEDDED |
| Discovery year: | 1875 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1875 |
| Last production ended: | 1931 |
| 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 |
| 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. |