Mine detail: Tom Wright Barite Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

36.96535, -79.51587

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite
Orebody form:	LENSES, PODS
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1897
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Mt. Athos Member, Alligator Back, Lynchburg Group
Host type:	Quartzite,Marble
Structure:	Bowens Creek Fault, Faulting?
Tectonic:	Smith River Allocthon

References

MRDS	W031299
DEP	10080199
Reference	{Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327}{Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - MINED BARIT}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S.