Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryMica, Quartz
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS, IRREGULAR
Ore controlFoliation Planes And Cross Cutting Stringers
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Muscovite
GangueMica, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMica Schist,Gneiss · Residual Soil;Cranberry Gneiss
Associated rockMica Schist,Gneiss · Stoal Gneiss (Stose & Stose, 1957), Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group (Rankin Et Al, 1972)
StructureW-Sw/E-Ne Trending Fries (Thrust) Fault Family Lies To The South, Stose & Stose (1957) Report Mylonized Gneiss At The Prospect.
Tectonic settingOn The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1952
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10080162
MRDS IDW031254
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.58452, -81.22121
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.1930 DIREXPL O.C. OSBORNE - DUG 2 TEST PITS