Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSE, PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures In The Dolomite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Beekmantown Formation
StructureNoirtheast - Southwest Trending Thrust Faults., Prospect Is On The Western Flank Of The Marion Dome, 300 Feet East Of The Hungry Mother Creek Fault.
Tectonic settingVirginia Valley And Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10067257
MRDS IDVA01745
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.85507, -81.5815
References
BUTTS, CHARLES, 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VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 46-L.EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1967, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MARION DOME, V.P.I. MASTERS THESIS (UNPUBLISHED)