Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Quartz
TertiaryGypsum-Anhydrite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlVein/Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Hornblende, Microcline
Other materialsGypsum, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium., Fries Overthrust; Local Shear Zone And/Or Fault
Tectonic settingOrogen; On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets
AlterationProphlitization Of Wall Rock (Epidote And Chlorite), Saussuritization Of Calcium Plagioclase
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10080167
MRDS IDW031258
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.65202, -81.03509
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1935, 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 GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.EDMUNDSON (1938)