Mine detail: Thompson Mine

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Location: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.94257, -79.4917
dep_id: 10106188
mrds_id: W031298
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite
gangue: Marble, Muscovite, Quartz, Quartzite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Clay Residuum
Reporter: Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.)
hrock_unit: Clay Residuum;Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Marble,Mica Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Smith River Allochthon James River Synclinorium, Faulting
tectonic: Piedmont
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1882
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1882
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:: WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327.
  • Deposit:: 1937 DIREXPL BARIUM MINING CORPORATION-REWORKED DUMP PILE
  • Deposit:: 1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES-INSPECTED SITE
  • Deposit:: DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES, SHAFTS, MINED
  • Production:: EDMUNDSON (1938)
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