Mine detail: Buzzard Hill Prospect

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Location: Grayson County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.60258, -81.21788
dep_id: 10082551
mrds_id: W055394
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Quartz
ore_ctrl: Minor Shear Zone, Foliation Plane
Reporter: Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Stoal Gneiss (Stose & Stose, 1957),Also Called Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Phitonic Group (Rankin, Et Al, 1972)
arock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Ne Trending Fries Thrust Fault Is Located Approximately 2.5 Miles To The Se
tectonic: Stone Mountain Blade Of Blue Ridge Thrust Sheet
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1957
References:
  • Deposit:: STOSE, A.J. AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233P.
  • Deposit:: RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.
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