Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSES, PODS
Ore controlStratabound In Rift Related Metal Rich Hydrothermal Brines; Later Tectonic Imprint And Metamorphism.
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite
GangueMarble, Muscovite, Quartzite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Marble · Mt. Athos Member, Alligator Back, Lynchburg Group
StructureBowens Creek Fault, Faulting?
Tectonic settingSmith River Allocthon
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1897
Last production1925
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10080199
MRDS IDW031299
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.96535, -79.51587
References
WATSON, T.L., 1907, SULPHATES, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, PP. 305-327DIREXPL ? - MINED BARIT