| Location: | Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.3095, -79.92477 |
| dep_id: | 10106181 |
| mrds_id: | W031241 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite |
| gangue: | Limestone |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zone-Veins |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Elbrook Formation-Limestone |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Read Mountain Anticline, Read-Coyner Fenster, Coyner Fault, Salem Fault, Pulaski Fault |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1912 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.
- Deposit:: ANDREWS, L.E., 1952, STRUCTURE OF THE AREA NORTH OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS, JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
- Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG 4 OPEN CUT
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