Commodities
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Gneiss · Residual Clay;Cranberry Gneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family Lies To The North
Tectonic settingOrogen; On The Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10080168
MRDS IDW031260
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.74925, -81.10925
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.