Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryCalcium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR, LENSES
Ore controlFracture Zone, Gneissic Foliation
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite
GangueChlorite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz
Other materialsCalcite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss
StructureNe-Sw Trending Fries Overthrust Fault To North And Gossan Lead Overthrust To The South (Stose & Stose, 1957)., Local Shear/Fracture Zone In Mylonite Gneiss
Tectonic settingOrogen, Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrusts Sheets (Rankin, Et Al, 1972)
AlterationBiotite Altered To Chlorite, Barite Replaced The Gneiss Forming A Zone 2 Ft Wide.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10080165
MRDS IDW031257
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.63508, -81.05398
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.STOSE & STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233P.RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST PART OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.