Mine detail: Rucker Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.38534, -79.88755

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Barite, Limonite
Gangue:	Chert, Dolomite, Limestone, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation;Stonehenge Limestone;Conococheague Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Thrust Faults And Slip Faults To North, East, And South Of Mine Area.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031247
DEP	10106182
Reference	{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.}{Deposit:: 1934 DIREXPL ? - DUG PITS AND TRENCHES, MINED}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON VA. DIV. OF MIN. RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITE}{Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938).}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)