Commodities
TertiaryQuartz, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMinor Shear Zone, Foliation Plane
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Stoal Gneiss (Stose & Stose, 1957),Also Called Cranberry Gneiss Of Elk Park Phitonic Group (Rankin, Et Al, 1972)
StructureNe Trending Fries Thrust Fault Is Located Approximately 2.5 Miles To The Se
Tectonic settingStone Mountain Blade Of Blue Ridge Thrust Sheet
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10082551
MRDS IDW055394
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.60258, -81.21788
References
STOSE, A.J. AND STOSE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GOSSAN LEAD DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 233P.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.