| Location: | Smyth County, Virginia, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 36.84036, -81.59344 |
| dep_id: | 10106184 |
| mrds_id: | W031272 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Trace mineral: | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| other_matl: | Fluorite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| ore_ctrl: | Veins/Shear Zone, Clay Residuum |
| Reporter: | Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A. |
| hrock_unit: | Beekmantown Formation |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Walker Mountain Thrust Block, Marion Dome, Faulting, Mcmullen Syncline, Seven Springs Fault |
| tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| yfp_ba: | > |
| Year first produced: | 1875 |
| dy_ba: | > |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| discr: | Myers - L. Copenhaver |
| References: |
- Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.
- Deposit:: YOUNG, R.S., AND WEDOW, H., 1962, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE MYERS ZINC PROSPECT, SMYTH COUNTY, VIRGINIA (ABS): GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER 68, P. 82.
- Deposit:: BUTTS, CHARLES, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPLACHIAN VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.
- Deposit:: FRENCH, B. 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).
- Deposit:: 1959 DIREXPL ROLAND F. BEERS, INC. - CORE DRILLING
- Deposit:: DIREXPL MYERS - L. COPENHAVER-BARITE PRODUCTION
- Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)
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