Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlThin Seams Of Barite In Wall Rock. And In Clay Residuum.
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Limestone · Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault.
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1880
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10025709
MRDS IDK001637
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.96313, -82.03178
References
LUTTRELL, G.W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.? DIREXPL ? - DUG OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHESEDMUNDSON (1938)