Mine detail: Witcher Mine

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Location: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.95005, -79.56643
dep_id: 10080201
mrds_id: W031301
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: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Marble,Mica Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allochthon James River Synclinorium, Faulting?
tectonic: Piedmont
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1938
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1938
References:
  • Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUT AND TEST PITS, MINE
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