Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formBEDDED AND NODULAR LENSES
Ore controlMultiple: Probably Originally Hydrothermal, Rieft Related Brine, Remobilized Metamorhosed And Subject Mesozoic Post Mesozoic Ground Water Action.
Geology
Host rockMarble · Mt Athos Member, Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Associated rockPegmatite
StructureSmith River Allocthon, Ne Trending Fault Passes Through Deposit Nw Side Down, Se Side Up (Marr, 1984)
Tectonic settingProbably Window To Lynchburg Group Rocks Through Overlying Fork Mountain Formation Of Smith River Allocthon.
AlterationHydrothermal (?) And Weathering Alteration Of Marble To Clay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10067237
MRDS IDVA01720
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.96618, -79.46504
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.WATSON, T.S., 1907, SULFATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, P. 305-327.MARR, J.D., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NUMBER 49VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES ECONOMIC GIOLOGY FILE 1974