Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlClay Residuum?
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Gneiss · Clay Residuum;Cranberry Gneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Plutonic Group
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 ID10080170
MRDS IDW031263
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.7523, -81.11953
References
EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.STOSE AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 72, 233 P.RANKIN, ESPENSHADE AND NEWMAN, 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WINSTON SALEM QUADRANGLE, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE, U.S.G.S. MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-709-A.DIREXPL ? - PROSPECTED SIT