Mine detail: Ward, F., Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

36.57369, -81.25454

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Secondary:	Mica
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	PINCH & SWELL, LENSE
Discovery year:	1937

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Mica Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Cranberry Gneiss
Associated type:	Mica Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	Fries Thrust Fault Trending N80e Lies Approx. 1 Mile To South
Tectonic:	Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheet

References

MRDS	W055395
DEP	10082552
Reference	RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON-SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A
Reporter	Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)