Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures In The Bedrock
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Beekmantown Formation
StructureNortheast-Southwest Trending Thrust Faults, Prospect Is On The Western Flank Of The Marion Dome, 650 Feet East Of Hungry Mother Creek Fault.
Tectonic settingVirginia Valley And Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10067256
MRDS IDVA01744
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.85451, -81.5915
References
BUTTS, CHARLE, 1933, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE APPALACHIAN VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 42.COOPER, B.N., 1936, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARION AREA, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-LEDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53FRENCH, B.E., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED).