Mine detail: Culpeper Branch Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.01922, -78.43055

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1959

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Catoctin Formation
Host type:	Meta-Basalt
Associated rock:	Catoctin Formation
Associated type:	Meta-Basalt
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium
Tectonic:	Piedmont

References

MRDS	W031238
DEP	10093821
Reference	NELSON, W.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, 92 P
Reporter	Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.)