Mine detail: Shanklin Mine #2

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.82675, -81.55261

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	SENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Northeast - Southwest Trending Thrust Faults, Pulaski Thrust Block., Mine Site Is Located On The Sutheastern Flank Of The Marion Dome, And One Mile North Of The Seven Springs Thrust Fault.
Tectonic:	Virginia Valley And Ridge

References

MRDS	VA01746
DEP	10099662
Reference	{Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.}{Deposit:: COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L.}{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53.}{Deposit:: FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).}
Reporter	Lovett, James A. (Sweet Palmer C.)