| Location: | Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.38534, -79.88755 |
| dep_id: | 10106182 |
| mrds_id: | W031247 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Trace mineral: | Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Limonite |
| gangue: | Chert, Dolomite, Limestone, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| ore_ctrl: | Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |
| hrock_unit: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation;Stonehenge Limestone;Conococheague Formation |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Thrust Faults And Slip Faults To North, East, And South Of Mine Area. |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| yfp_ba: | < |
| Year first produced: | 1906 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1906 |
| References: |
- 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).
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