Mine detail: Honaker Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.99396, -81.96762

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1880-1906
First production started:	1880

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	K001645
DEP	10102270
Reference	{Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.}{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: 1880? DIREXPL JOSEPH HARRISON- DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL LIAS HONAKER- DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.}
Reporter	Fagan, James M., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)