Mine detail: Moore Prospect #2

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.6373, -81.05342

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1929

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Cranberry Gneiss Of The Elk Plutonic Group (Rankin Et El, 1972)
Associated type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trending Fries Overthrust Fault To The N And Gossan Lead Overthrust Fault To The S (Stose And Stose, 1957), Local Shear/Fracture Zone In Mylonite Gneiss (Stose And Stose, 1957)
Tectonic:	On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets (Rankin, Etals, 1972)

References

MRDS	W055396
DEP	10082553
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.}{Deposit:: STOSE, A.J. AND STOSE, G.W., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETING 72, 233P.}{Deposit:: RANKIN, ESPENSHADE, NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS MAP I-709-A.}
Reporter	Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)