Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Gneiss · Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium; E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family, E-W Trending Normal Fault (Stose & Stose, 1957)
Tectonic settingOrogen; Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheet
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10080166
MRDS IDW031259
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.7523, -81.11814
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85P.STOSE AND 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 HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND TENNESSEE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.