| Location: | Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.96535, -79.51587 |
| dep_id: | 10080199 |
| mrds_id: | W031299 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Marble, Muscovite, Quartzite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSES, PODS |
| work_type: | Surface |
| conc_proc: | Multiple: Originally Chemically Rich Brine Deposited In Sediment, Later Remobilization. |
| ore_ctrl: | Stratabound In Rift Related Metal Rich Hydrothermal Brines; Later Tectonic Imprint And Metamorphism. |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Good, Richard S. |
| hrock_unit: | Mt. Athos Member, Alligator Back, Lynchburg Group |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite,Marble |
| Structure: | Bowens Creek Fault, Faulting? |
| tectonic: | Smith River Allocthon |
| Year first produced: | 1897 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1925 |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - MINED BARIT
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