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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