Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSE
Ore controlProbably Originally Metal Rich Brine Precipitation, Remobilized And Tectonized.
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Pyrite
GanguePegmatite
Geology
Host rockMarble,Mica Schist · Mt Athos Marble Member Of Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group
Associated rockPegmatite
StructureMarr (1984) Indicates Folded, Regional Ne Trending Fault Passing Through Deposit., Faulted, Ne Trending Fault With Down Thrown Block On Nw
Tectonic settingWindow In Overlying Fork Mountain Formation In Smith River Allocthon
AlterationMarble Has Been Largely Altered To Clay.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1880
Last production1936
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10080193
MRDS IDW031291
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.96035, -79.47393
References
SRC.REF: WATSON AND GRASTY (1915)EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 53, 85 P.ECONOMIC GEOLOGY FILE: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1974.WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327.WATSON, T.L., AND GRASTY, J.S., BARITE OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES, IN TRANSACTIONS: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL. 51, 1915, PP. 514-559.CONLEY J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SW PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 59, 33 P.MARR, J.D., 1984, GEOLOGIC MAP OF PITTSYLVANIA AND CHATHAM QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION NO. 49.1880 DIREXPL ? - DUG SHAFTS, DRIFTS, AND OPEN CUTS, MINED.1936 DIREXPL BARIUM MINING CORP. - REOPENED MINE AND MINED1974 RECON VA. DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES - INSPECTED SITEWATSON (1907)