Commodities
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlVein/Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Arkose · Unicoi Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Cattron Diorite
StructureNe-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium, Faults, High Knob Syncline; Ne-Sw Transverse Fault And E-W Trending Stone Mountain Fault Family Found To The North.
Tectonic settingOrogen; On Stone Mountain Block Of The Blue Ridge Thrust Sheets
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10080169
MRDS IDW031262
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.74619, -81.11648
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 3, 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 HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSE, USGS MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.