Mine detail: Myers - L. Copenhaver Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

36.84036, -81.59344

Resource(B)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Barite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
Other material:	Fluorite
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Beekmantown Formation
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trend, Walker Mountain Thrust Block, Marion Dome, Faulting, Mcmullen Syncline, Seven Springs Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W031272
DEP	10106184
Reference	{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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.}{Deposit:: FRENCH, B. 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).}{Deposit:: 1959 DIREXPL ROLAND F. BEERS, INC.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)}
Reporter	Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.), Lovett, James A.